GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 12828

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. SCHEDULE The Mara Siana Conservancy Management Plan (hereinafter referred to as "the Plan") defines the principles and strategies that stakeholders of Mara Siana Conservancy have designed to address conservation and natural resource management, social development, tourism development, community development, governance and management, conservancy financing and livestock and grazing issues. The Plan emphasizes that all activities within the Mara Siana Conservancy shall be in accordance with the Plan and the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013. The Plan is a dynamic document that shall be subject to periodic reviews, depending on emerging issues and new knowledge. The Plan addresses threats to Mara Siana Wildlife Conservancy's values through the following management intervention measures — (a) implementing the Zoning scheme outlined in the Plan; and (b) implementing management actions under the four management programmes. The Plan's zoning scheme and management programmes are outlined in the following sections: 1. ZONING SCHEME The Mara Siana Conservancy's zoning scheme seeks to support the regulation and promotion of allowable uses across the area and to reconcile different types and intensity of use in different parts of the Conservancy. To achieve this Mara Siana Conservancy has been divided into three zones (Tourism; Exclusive conservation and multiple uses). 2. MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES The Plan has seven management programmes (Conservation and Natural Resources management; Social Development; Tourism Development; Community Development; Governance and Management; Conservancy Financing and Livestock and Grazing). Each management programme contains management objectives that set out the future desired state that the Plan implementers aim to achieve and a set of specific management actions to achieve these objectives. 2.1 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME The program's main objective is to protect and enhance diverse wildlife species and their habitats. 2.2 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT The main objective of developing this programme is to protect areas and resources of interest to the local community. 2.3 TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME The main aim of developing tourism in the conservancy is to promote and facilitate sustainable tourism growth in the long run. 2.4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME To win the goodwill and support of the community the conservancy shall engage in socio-economic development through diversification of livelihood opportunities and improvement of social welfare. 2.5 GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME The conservancy will strengthen the organizational and leadership capacities of the community, mainstream gender equity and enhance accountability and transparency through this programme. 2.6 CONSERVANCY FINANCING PROGRAMME This program's aim is to ensure the conservancy's financial viability and sustainability in the long-term. 2.7 LIVESTOCK AND GRAZING PROGRAMME The main aim of the conservancy's livestock and grazing programme is to ensure sustainable grazing management for improved habitat. The Plan including the background information on the plan and facts upon which the Plan is based is deposited at the offices of the Director-General, Kenya Wildlife Service along Langata Road and the Conservancy Chairman whose addresses are provided below: The Director-General, Kenya Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 40241-00200, Nairobi, Kenya Tel: (254) 020 6000800/6002345, E-mail: kws@kws.go.ke The Chairman, Mara Lemek Conservancy's Land Owners, P.O. Box 511— 20500, Narok Tel: (254) (0) 722550782 E-mail:mlemekconservancy@gmail.com Dated the 30th October, 2021. NAJIB BALALA, Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife.