President William Ruto has announced that the government has set aside KSh 950 million to pay claims by human-wildlife conflict victims across the country.
He was speaking at Meru National Park in Meru, where he rolled out the third phase of the human-wildlife compensation exercise.
In his speech, President Ruto expressed his government’s commitment to streamlining human-wildlife conflict victims’ compensation to restore dignity and deliver justice to affected communities.
“We are allocating sufficient resources to pay pending claims, deploying technology to eliminate inefficiencies, and operationalising the Wildlife Conservation Trust Fund; a sustainable financing vehicle supported by innovative funding mechanisms,” said President Ruto.