GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 12832

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 Lemek Conservancy Management Plan (hereinafter referred to as "the Plan") defines the principles and strategies that stakeholders of Mara Lemek Conservancy have designed to address natural resource management, tourism development and management, community partnership management, livestock management and conservancy operations management. The Plan emphasizes that all activities within the Mara Lemek 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 Lemek 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 Mara Lemek Conservancy's zoning scheme seeks to support the compatibility of different types and intensity of land use to reduce possible conflict. To achieve this Mara Lemek Conservancy has been divided into four zones (Core Conservation; Low Season Cattle Grazing; Tourism Exclusive and Sheep and Goat Grazing). 2. MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES The Plan has five management programmes (Natural Resources Management; Tourism Development and Management; Community Partnership Management; Livestock Management and Conservancy Operations 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. 2.1 NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME The program's main objective is to sustainably manage natural resources for the benefit of the local community. 2.2 TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME The main aim of developing tourism is to provide the tourist with an exclusive and memorable wildlife experience that does not impact negatively on the conservancy. 2.3 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME To win the support of the community the conservancy shall provide tangible benefits from wildlife conservation. 2.4 LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME The main aim of the conservancy's livestock management programme is to enhance productivity for livelihood improvement for the community. 2.5 CONSERVANCY OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME The programs's aim is to support efficient and effective delivery of the conservancy's management programmes. 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.