Another stray lion was spotted in Nairobi's Karen Hardy area early on Tuesday, adding to the panic that has seen some of them killed.
Witnesses said the big cat was sighted at midnight and KWS officers alerted, but that a rescue was not carried out because of the time.
KWS said via Twitter that a team had been dispatched to the area to confirm the sighting.
They asked members of the public to be cautious and inform them if they spot the animal.
On March 31, a
lion believed to have wandered from Nairobi National Park was after it attacked a man on the Isinya-Kiserian road.
Mohawk was fired by Kenya Wildlife Service rangers, resulting in outrage by the public and an by conservationists.
In an incident before that, a lion named
and was spotted by motorists near Kaysalt area along Mombasa Road.
A video posted on social media showed the lion running near the fence of Kaysalt building as motorists rolled down their windows and hooted.
Cheru then approached the locked gate of the premises, terrifying guards. The lion injured a man.
Photographs of lions walking and playing on Kenya's roads resurfaced when a
got out of the park on February 22 and got into a settlement area in Lang'ata along the Southern bypass. KWS said they were all found.