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Kenya lobbies EC to end trade on ivory

Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala at a past event.

Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary, Mr Najib Balala currently on a tour of Europe met with a delegation from the European Union (EU) in Belgian capital of Brussels where he pitched for Kenya's stand to end trade in ivory.

Balala who met with Mr Jryki Katainen, Vice President of the Europe Commission said that all legal ivory markets – whether in Asia or Europe - fuel illegal trade, poaching and killing of elephants.

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