The newly-established, 100km2 Tsavo East rhino sanctuary in Kenya’s oldest and largest nationalpark was expected to be more suitable for breeding. Mr Mbiuki said Mr Balala will appear before the committee to give the country a comprehensive statements and answers of what happened to the Kenya’s wildlife animals. "We saw Mr Balala supervising the translocation of these rhinos, he was part of it. Mr Balala has so far suspended six senior officers in charge of the relocation and demoted KWS Director-General Julius Kimani. Mr Balala, however, absolved the ministry from blame, arguing that a fully autonomous technical team is responsible for the programme that is funded by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Source: Daily Nation July 30, 2018 09:22 UTC