There were a number of carcasses that were found by the Wildlife Service rangers at Chegilet situated close to Kerio River while in Narok, KWS rangers had take into custody three people who were suspected to be poachers of which one of them was a boy and they were caught with two elephant tusks which weighed 26.5 kilograms.
Mr. Dominic Kilonzo the Chief Warden said that there were some elephants that were killed on Wednesday in Rimoi and they were between the age of 20 and 25. The poachers used poisoned spears while the animals were at the bank of the river drinking water. He also added that there is one suspect that has been arrested in Baringo in the North District where the rangers got ivory worth about Sh80000 and the tusks had been hidden in the in a cave close to his house which is just about 15 kilometers from where they had killed the elephants.
It is therefore very necessary to device means of ending the vice because it will definitely lead to a collapse of the tourism industry so said Kilonzo which is why he urged for strenuous efforts between Keiyo County Council and the public. Other report show that Last week, there was another elephant that was killed by poachers in the Kiptopich in Baringo North District after it escaped from the reserve that spreads along the Kerio Valley and once they increase the number of wildlife making it an best place for tourists to visit. These suspects in Narok were at Olenkuluo a place close to Masai Mara Game Reserve while trafficking the tusks to a dealer on a motorcycle and at the moment, the tusks are at the KWS office in Ewaso Nyiro although they have not yet determined the worth of the tusk as mentioned by Kenneth Naishu the senior warden.
According to Mr. Naishu, the rate of poaching in Narok is greatly increasing because the poachers have changed the tact and are now using kids to transport tusks. They entice these kids with money and they agree to transport the tusks from the bushes to the dealers in Narok and they use motor cycles to escape police. Meanwhile, KWS will take away the remaining 111 elephants from settlement areas of Narok to Masai Mara national park after transerfering 106 jumbos last November to the game reserve.
