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Landowners, KWS differ over wildlife relocation

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Kenya Wildlife Services rangers loading a captured bull elephant in an open truck in a translocation exercise that took place at Chemeron Farm in Rongai, Nakuru County on 28/09/2017. [Harun Wathari ,Standard]

A row pitting landowners against Kenya Wildlife Services management in Naivasha threatens to derail ongoing translocation of tens of wildlife from the lakeside town to Laikipia County.

The landowners accuse the government agency of bypassing them in the process meant to decongest the area of high number of wild animals.

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