Nairobi National Park Expanded by 49,000 Acres
The Nairobi National Park has acquired 49,000 more acres of land, increasing its total size to 78,000 acres.
This comes after the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Swara Plains Conservancy declared 32,000 and 15,000 acres respectively for wildlife conservation in Machakos County.
The government also gave 2,000 acres of land from Sheep and Goat Ranch to Nairobi National Park, whose title deed will be under the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).
The two ranches will provide a wildlife corridor to interconnect Nairobi National Park, Swara, and ILRI conservancies.
Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala while handing over registration certificates to the two conservancies pointed out that the corridor will be essential since the Nairobi National Park is not big enough to satisfy the ecological requirements of its wildlife population throughout the year.
“On the Northern side, we are looking into acquiring 1,500 acres of land to extend the Nairobi National Park to Ngong Forest. We hope that all this will enable Nairobi National Park to be listed and declared a world heritage site,” said Balala.
Comments (6)
This swara plains za huyo mzungu alinyakua from kenyans then inasemekana he is donating them back???All the big ranches zenye zilichuliwa na hawa magaindi wazungu zinafaa zirundishwe.The same white idiot colonialists is the same who owns Nakuru national park.Warudishe zote pia olpajeta conservancy warundishe.This is what south Africans malema keeps fighting for,our land back from the evil whites
Exactly my point...but if it is donated back, it will be grabbed by thirsty land Gikuyus
Check your records, the only person in Kenya (from the holiest to the lowest) who is not corrupt, is only the one who does not have the opportunity. Once the opportunity comes up, the once defending public properties overnight becomes looters. And that includes me and you.
Kenya wildlife don't need more land. Western countries pushing and blackmailing us to expand the game reserves while they keep their wildlife in zoos and reserve land for human settlement and industry. Our animals roam in excessively large national parks while our people and industries are sqeezed in tiny lots.Any wonder that land in Kenya is priced higher than the United States? It's time we revised our priorities and values and stop listening to these neo.colonials
From observation the white land grabbers have been better maintaining the environment than black land grabbers.
And don’t forget plots everywhere in an unplanned fashion.....