Kenya gov’t to oversee wildlife authority actions

By Tom Odula

Published April 11, 2014 2:51pm ET

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Kenya gov’t to oversee wildlife authority actions — FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 file photo, rangers of the Kenya Wildlife Service and Kenya Forest Service take cover while engaging in a mock ambush as they stage a demonstration of the skills they have learned over the last few days of joint anti-poaching training with Britain's 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, in the forest near Nanyuki, Kenya. Kenya's central government will oversee the running of the country's wildlife authority for the next three months in a bid to stop poaching of the country's elephants and rhinos, an official with the Ministry of Environment and Natural resources said Friday, April 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) | Ben Curtis

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s central government will oversee the running of the country’s wildlife authority for the next three months in a bid to stop poaching of the country’s elephants and rhinos, an official with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources said Friday.

Richard Lesiyampe said six senior Kenya Wildlife Service officials have been placed on leave to pave the way for investigations into the wildlife service’s operations.

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