GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 14812

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 44 (3) of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013, the Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife gazettes the Plan in the Schedule hereto: Lolldaiga Wildlife Conservancy Management Plan 2024-2033 (hereinafter referred to as “the Plan”) defines the vision, outcomes, and actions that Lolldaiga Wildlife Conservancy (hereinafter referred to as “the Conservancy”) has designed to address conservation, community partnership and outreach, and sustainability and operation issues in the Conservancy and the greater conservation landscape. The Conservancy’s vision, zoning, management programmes, foundations for success, and monitoring and evaluation framework are summarised in the following sections. 1. VISION The specific aims of the Lolldaiga Wildlife Conservancy Management Plan 2024-2033 are to achieve the conservancy’s vision which is “Intact connected habitats that protect healthy wildlife populations and maintain functional ecological processes, supporting sustainable development and improved wellbeing for local communities, and ensuring conservation is the preferred land use”. The plan provides the desired outcomes, management actions, and prescriptions through which the Conservancy will achieve its vision. 2. LOLLDAIGA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY ZONING The Conservancy’s zoning is mainly based on the nature and distribution of natural resources, the current level and type of use, and the expected future uses. It defines allowed and prohibited activities in different zones, minimising land use conflicts in the Conservancy. It establishes two major land use zones that aim to achieve the Conservancy’s wildlife conservation, tourism, livestock production, and community development objectives. These zones are: (a) Conservation and Tourism Zone (Public Access); and (b) Conservation, Tourism and Livestock Grazing Zone. 3. MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES The plan has three management programmes: Conservation Programme, Community Partnership and Outreach Programme, and Sustainability and Operations Programme. 3.1 Conservation Programme The Conservation Programme has two expected outcomes. First, it aims to maintain ecologically functional and connected habitats as the foundations of wildlife recovery, maintaining ecological processes that provide ecosystem services for all. Second, it seeks to maintain healthy wildlife populations of species known to occur or have occurred in the landscape, including protected and restored populations of endangered species where required. These outcomes will be achieved through the implementation of management themes focusing on habitat management, species management, and research and monitoring. The subthemes of the habitat management theme focus on livestock management, water management, fire management, alien invasive species removal, environmental management, and habitat restoration. The species management theme aims to restore and maintain wildlife diversity by managing threats as far as possible. This theme focuses on the following four subthemes: threatened species, species reintroductions, veterinary interventions, and human-wildlife conflict management. The Research and Monitoring theme is intended to provide specific information necessary to ensure that the Conservancy’s biodiversity objectives are realized. 3.2 Community Partnership and Outreach Programme The Community Partnership and Outreach Programme aims to achieve two key outcomes i.e. Uplifted Communities, and Enhanced Support. The programme outcomes will be achieved through the implementation of two themes, Community Development and Conservation Value, that seek to foster trusting and supportive conservancy-community relationships. Through these two themes, the Conservancy will assist the neighbouring communities in the establishment of effective community governance structures, and improve human well-being and job creation for local community members to engender support for the conservancy and create social relevance. It will also create opportunities and initiatives that bring communities and political leaders into the Conservancy to create conservation awareness and gain support for the conservation agenda. 3.3 Sustainability and Operations Programme The Sustainability and Operations Programme supports the delivery of the Conservation and Community Partnership and Outreach programmes. The desired outcome from the implementation of this programme is an effectively managed and sustainably resourced conservancy that uses scientific best practices to deliver measurable and meaningful conservation and social outcomes. This outcome will be achieved through the implementation of management themes focusing on attaining Conservancy sustainability, and maintaining effective human resources and administration, infrastructure and logistics, and security. 4. FOUNDATIONS FOR SUCCESS To achieve and sustain conservation and social outcomes outlined in this management plan, three management themes, effective management, good governance, and sustainable financing will underpin the Conservancy’s management. Without these, the conservancy will not have the capabilities to achieve impact in an accountable manner. Effective governance and management structures enable increased investment in the conservancy and provide the necessary accountability to the Conservancy’s stakeholders. 5. MONITORING AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK A Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) approach has been provided to assess management performance. The defined vision and outcomes under this management plan are core components of the M&E approach. Indicators help managers measure quantifiable progress towards each outcome. This measurement is done by defining time- specific targets and using data on indicators to monitor if these targets are being met. If targets are being met, then managers evaluate that the outcome is being achieved. If targets are not being met, then managers evaluate that the outcome is not being achieved, necessitating an adaptive response to implement revised approaches to meet targets. The Plan is deposited at the offices of the Director-General, Kenya Wildlife Service along Langata Road and the Chief Executive Officer, Lolldaiga Wildlife Conservancy whose addresses are provided below: The Director-General, Kenya Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 40241–00200, Nairobi. Tel: (254) 020 6000800/6002345 E-mail: kws@kws.go.ke THE KENYA GAZETTE 15th November, 2024 The Chief Executive Officer, Lolldaiga Wildlife Conservancy, P.O. Box 26–10400 Nanyuki. E-mail: Info@lolldaigawildlifeconservancy.org Dated the 15th November, 2024. REBECCA MIANO, Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife.