Kenya: KWS Pays out Ksh 98.5M to Victims of Human-Wildlife Conflicts

Aug 10, 2020 | Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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County Commissioner Maalim Mohammed said the compensation was paid out to 45 families for wildlife attacks reported between 2014 and 2016. Maalim said of the total cases, 18 were deaths while 27 were injuries, “each family that lost a member received Ksh 5million totalling to Ksh 90 million while the rest were paid Ksh 5.6 million for injuries inflicted by wildlife,’’ he said.