SPECIAL REPORT: How greed and graft combine to tear down Amboseli

A gazelle ensnared by a fence in Amboseli National Park. Zoning regulations restrict land owners from erecting fences on wildlife corridors. [Francis Ontomwa, Standard]

Amboseli ecosystem in Kajiado County is facing a new threat.

Private investors are illegally fencing off conservation land, transforming communal grazing fields into commercial farms.

Investors from outside the local community, enticed by the promise of quick profits, are clearing land, drilling boreholes and erecting electric fences...