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Shipment of wildlife now put in the spotlight

Some of the containers before offloading at the Mombasa Port on August 3, 2021. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

It is now a war on land, air and at sea against poachers after Kenya successfully lobbied the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to adopt guidelines to suppress the illegal shipment of wildlife.

For the last 40 years, Kenya has played a big role in the war against wildlife crimes because of its strategic location as the gateway to East and Central Africa through the Port of Mombasa.

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