A training program on the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act has already started from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution and Kioko Kamula who is the Deputy Director of Public Prosecution said while talking at the official opening of the project at Lake Nakuru National Park that the judiciary ought to be reliable in handing down sentences to convicts under the new law.
He said this Act that came into force in January this year is facing some challenges in implementation especially in terms of collaboration among the state agencies involved in wildlife and environmental conservation. The DPP’s office has also realized that most investigators and prosecutors have not yet fully understood the law that is why they will under go training in the coming weeks.
Kamula stated that they have been ready to seriously deal with all the environmental and wildlife crimes. Just before the introduction of this Act, the DPP’s office had established an environmental and wildlife crimes unit that has been collaborating with KWS prosecutors and investigators. There will be a 1-week training and the trainees will be from all departments like the DPP’s office, the Ministry of Environment, Kenya Wildlife Service, Kenya Forest Service, the CID, Kenya Revenue Authority, Kenya Airports Authority, the Immigration Department, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, Nema and the Judiciary.
Hopefully, with some many skilled personnel, the country will be able to protect and conserve its wildlife and then be able to yield as much revenue as possible since wildlife is Kenya’s biggest tourism attraction and thus must be protected jealously.
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