Uhuru to meet with US Interior Secretary on Wildlife Trafficking

President Uhuru Kenyatta will next Monday hold bilateral talks with visiting US Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell on wildlife conservation. The President’s spokesperson Manoah Esipisu said this is a follow-up to President Barack Obama’s pledge to support wildlife conservation in Africa.

One of the subjects of discussion during the high-profile meet is strategies Kenya has used to deal with the menace. Kenya has made giant leaps in curbing the menace, with poaching going down by 80 per cent. One of the measures is the heavy penalties for poachers under the Wildlife Management and Conservation Act 2013.