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Governor Kuti partners with Kenya Wildlife Service to revive ailing game parks

The deplorable state of Isiolo game parks at Buffalo Springs and Shaba National Reserves. The administration under former Governor Godana Doyo had planned to lease it to a South African firm. Will the new CEO Mohammed Kuti agree? The park is rundown and there more livestock with armed herders than wildlife now. Photos Ali Abdi

Isiolo Governor Mohamed Kuti has partnered with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to revive three ailing game parks.

This is a reversal of the plan by his predecessor Godana Doyo to enter into public-private partnership with African Parks of South Africa to manage the game sanctuaries.

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