GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 12830

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 Olderkesi Conservancy Management Plan (hereinafter referred to as "the Plan") defines the principles and strategies that stakeholders of Olderkesi Conservancy have designed to address conservation, tourism, community and culture, conservancy operations and management and conservancy governance and institutional management. The Plan emphasizes that all activities within the Olderkesi 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 Olderkesi 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 five management programmes. The Plan's zoning scheme and management programmes are outlined in the following sections: 1. ZONING SCHEME The Olderkesi Conservancy's zoning scheme seeks to enhance sustainable utilizations as well as the protection of the area's key ecological features and sensitive habitats. To achieve this Olderkesi Conservancy has been divided into two zones (Core for Conservation and Dual for livestock access). 2. MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES The Plan has five management programmes (Conservation; Tourism; Community and Culture; Conservancy Operations and management and Conservancy Governance and Institutional management). 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. 26th November, 2021 THE KENYA GAZETTE 6477 2.1 CONSERVATION PROGRAMME The program's main objective is to maintain and enhance protection and effective management of the landscape and the habitat mosaic of the conservancy. 2.2 TOURISM PROGRAMME The main aim of developing tourism is to sustainably improve existing facilities, attractions and infrastructure to reduce impacts on the environment. 2.3 COMMUNITY AND CULTURE PROGRAMME To win the support of the community the conservancy shall provide tangible benefits from wildlife conservation, reduce human- wildlife conflict incidences and enhance communication. 2.4 CONSERVANCY OPERATIONS PROGRAMME The programs's aim is to strengthen and streamline effective and efficient delivery of the plan's management actions. 2.5 CONSERVANCY GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME The main aim of this programme is to formalise the legal status of the conservancy and develop institutional arrangements and management structures with stakeholders. 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.