Jonathan Manyindo
6 June 2008
Nairobi — A protracted boundary dispute between Taitas and the Kenya Wildlife Service took a new turn when an MP demanded a speedy solution to the problem.
Wundanyi MP Thomas Mwadeghu said Thursday that the delay by KWS to determine its boundary within Kishushe Location was raising anxiety among area residents.
Hidden agenda
"We feel that there is a hidden agenda behind the project and that is why the dispute has remained unresolved for a long time," he said.
Speaking in Wundanyi Town, the MP said there was need to solve the problem before the Sh60 million allocated to the project is diverted.
The multi-million shilling fence is expected to keep wild animals inside the national park and avert the perennial human-wildlife conflict.
Two years after the Government and donors provided funds for erecting a fence from Ndii to Maktau, the work is yet to start because of differences between the community and the wildlife agency.
Mr Mwadeghu insisted that the boundary should follow the original map described in the Tsavo conservation area general management plan resource inventory draft of May 2006.
According to the draft, which was made available to the Nation, the disputed boundary is supposed to be at the Tsavo River, about 40 kilometres from Voi Town and not at Ndii as KWS puts it.
Was illegal
He said the recent boundary review was illegal since no consultations had been done.
"We cannot allow anything less than the boundary being at Tsavo River because we must go as per the description documented in the inventory," he said.
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