First Lady Margaret Kenyatta launched the East Africa grass-root elephant education campaign walk dubbed “ivory belongs to elephants,” which brought together various stakeholders who participated in the walk is to raise awareness on the value of elephants and rhinos, mitigate human – elephant conflicts and promote anti-poaching activities.
Speaking before she flagged off the walk at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), the first lady applauded the increasing support for activities geared towards protecting elephants. She also said it was encouraging that ordinary individuals were now spearheading wildlife conservation efforts.
In attendance was KWS Director General Kitili Mbathi and conservation representative Dr.Winnie Kiiru.
The team led by Nyamu will take 135 days to cover approximately 3,247 km starting from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam (Moshi, Morongoro, Bukoba) to Kampala (Queen Elizabeth National Park, Jinja) and back to Nairobi through (Busia, Kakamega, Nakuru) in the three East African Countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.