Giraffe at the Tsavo National Park [Boniface Okendo, Standard]A suggestion by the country's Tourism Cabinet Secretary that national parks should be privatised did not raise as many eyebrows as expected. Covid-19 may have convinced more of them but, sadly, we know more of beer brands than animal species in national parks. In my recent visit to Nairobi National Park, I paid through M-Pesa and all I needed was to show evidence of being a Kenyan. National parks have data on the daily number of visitors and can adjust prices depending on the numbers. If privatisation will lead to exploiting the full potential of national parks, we can try it.

Source: Standard Digital May 29, 2021 16:30 UTC