Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga appealed yesterday for international aid in helping the east African country deal with poaching.
Odinga said that tourism, Kenya’s most important foreign exchange earner, “remains under serious assault from poachers.”
“I appeal to the international community to help strengthen the national and international policing to deal with wildlife trafficking as a serious threat to conservation, rule of law, governance and economic development,” a statement from the Prime Minister’s office read.
“The danger seems to be worsening with every passing day,” Odinga said, adding that Kenyan security agencies must treat the emerging poaching threat as part of the insecurity griping the country and not a wildlife issue to be addressed solely by the Kenya Wildlife Service.
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Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga, pictured on March 8, 2012 (AFP/File, Georges Gobet)
