- Parseina told the Star on Sunday the attacks were documented by the Ngong KWS warden who visited the home and the scene of the attack.
- The KWS spokesman Paul Jinaro told the Star on Sunday that Parseina should personally visit the community compensation office at their headquarters on Langata Road.
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A Kajiado farmer who lost 116 sheep and goats to lions nine years ago is not on the list of people to be compensated.
Wilson Parseina lost 38 sheep and 78 goats between June 12, 2014 and August 1, 2016. He said lions killed his livestock.
Parseina told the Star on Sunday the attacks were documented by the Ngong KWS warden who visited the home and the scene of the attack.
“The Ngong warden came home with three KWS askaris and took all the details from the farm including photos, but I am shocked to find my name missing on the list of those to be compensated,” Parseina said.
After the April attack, Wilson Saire, who was at the time a KWS ranger, told the Star he convinced the local farmers in Olchorro-Nyori not to revenge by killing the lions.
“There was a lot of outcry after the big cats attacked the livestock in the area and everyone was for the idea of killing the lions. I talked to them to change their intention,” said Saire.
Saire has since retired from the KWS and is a neighbour of Parseina, who is now complaining that his name is not on the list of those lined up for compensation.
Nairobi National Park senior warden Mark Cheruiyot, now deceased, sent several KWS officers to the home of Parseina to document the attack when it happened in the Olchorro-Nyori area near Kiserian in Kajiado West sub-county.
KWS spokesman Paul Jinaro told the Star on Sunday that Parseina should personally visit the community compensation office at their headquarters on Langata Road with his complaint so the matter can be looked into.
“He has a right to complain because those are many sheep and goats. He will get his money through the compensation scheme if all the documents are worked on well,” Jinaro said.
Jinaro said compensation was done for those affected by the human-wildlife conflict between 2014 and 2018.
"Those affected from 2019 to 2022 will be paid later," he said.
Parseina said he saw the list that was published by the KWS on April 15 that had 609 victims of human-wildlife conflicts in Kajiado and who are expected to receive Sh196 million in compensation his name was missing.
The claims of the victims were processed by KWS, which is waiting for funds to compensate the victims.
A total of Sh196,034,02 has been set aside for the victims including 21 people who were killed by wild animals.
A 41-page list of the victims was released by KWS in April and indicates how much each victim is to be paid.
The KWS listed all the causes of injuries, property damage, crop destruction and predation and the animals involved, which included mostly elephants, snakes, hyenas, lions, buffalos, wild dogs, elands and zebras.
The list in our possession shows a tabulation of all the cases and the amounts of compensation to each victim. KWS pays Sh5 million for death.
Levels of injuries determine the amount the victims are paid. The least paid for injuries sustained by a victim in the list is Sh6,000.
During the last drought in Kajiado, cases of human-wildlife conflict intensified in areas near national parks and game reserves.
Most of the human-wildlife conflict reported cases are from snake bites, stray lions, stray elephants, which destroy people’s farms, and stray hyenas and lions in human settlements.