Residents of Loitokitok, Kajiado county, have threatened to kill all stray wildlife if the government does not compensate them for those killed by the animals.
They have said the government should either
pay the families of those killed in the last five years by January 31, or "pay the price".
Thirteen
people were reportedly killed by wild animals
between August and December last year.
Politician Thomas Lekanaya said that during the same period, 103 people were maimed by elephants in the three group ranches in the county.
The residents said their areas have been hardest hit by a drought that has forced wild animals to move from Tsavo West National Park to their farms.
“The few water points in our ranches have been invaded by elephants. Not a single day goes by without cases of human-wildlife conflicts,” said farmer Peter Kuya.
Read:
Also read:
Kuya noted that Kenya Wildlife Service personnel punish the people when their livestock stray to parks in Amboseli and Tsavo West.
He said fines of Sh200,000 are imposed on each person.
“There is nothing we are getting from the KWS yet they continue to punish us whenever our cattle stray into their parks," he said.
"Their animals maim or even kill our people. We have had to watch all that happen."
He spoke during a meeting of
Kuku, Rombo and Orgulului/Ololarrashi group ranches in Rombo town on Sunday.
Interior CS Joseph Nkaissery asked the Environment ministry to compensate victims' families while in Kajiado Central last week.
He said the government no one in Kajiado county has been compensated for the last five years.
Read:
Also read: