A worsening drought has pushed the county into flashpoints of desperate survival as the communities grapple with human-wildlife conflict and inter-communal resource wars.
The ongoing drought has pushed tens of wild animals from their habitats to homes, private farms, and major roads in Naivasha as cases of human-wildlife conflict continued to rise.
An irrigation project in Kajiado West has cut human-wildlife conflict by stabilising pastoral livelihoods and limiting encroachment into wildlife habitats.
Beyond damaged farms, several residents reported sustaining injuries, saying the baboons often attacked at dawn and moved in coordinated groups, making them difficult to repel.
KWS officers have arrested three suspects and seized ten elephant tusks, three leopard skins, and three python skins during an operation in Lokichar targeting regional trafficking networks.
Residents of Ugunja sub-county are living in fear after a python slithered into a family compound in Uloma ‘B’ village, Asango East sub-location,.