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Why you need permit to keep ornamental birds

A common pheasant at Murungi Muthamia bird farm of Ornamental birds in Karen, Nairobi, on November 15, 2020. [Emmanuel Mochoge, Standard]

As customers flock to buy some of his ornamental birds, Murungi Muthamia insists they must have a licence from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).

The manager of Tausi Farm has on many occasions turned away several clients with hundreds of thousands of shillings, who wanted to buy ornamental birds without a permit.

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