By Charles Ndolo:
Now,more than ever before, we need to speak up for nature and
ensure that our national topology still has a space for Elephants among other game. Preservation and
restoration of ecosystem have been whipped by a craze termed as “Poaching” This should
tickle an invasive approach from all inclinations of humanity with sole aim of restoring
our ecosystem. Endeavoring to reinstate our ecology to some likeness of a virgin
or pre-agitation condition could be an elusive dream, however,nothing is lost. My
urge is for all of us to dive into this bandwagon and face the situation
head-on until we achieve a near-stable normalcy in our ecosystem.
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| The elephant |
Kenya is a Nation of great strengths, with at least an edge
in each and every societal set-up. Be it sports fraternity, be it I.T development,
be it tourism, we have gained some leverage in almost all available fields. In
fact we made up a dialect from a concoction of available languages (hoping it
soon gets fully recognized as official) that’s how strong we are. I can visualize
the big side board at my high-school’s assembly ground “Sheng’ ni Haramu Mutlaki”
but yes, it is now irresistible sheng’ is taking over. If such were the only
measures of prominence, then Kenya would be a world’s super-power. I am not
sure what order we would be, is it first, second, third or fourth world? I wouldn’t
know anyway, these are non-important divisions and actually they are Man-made
decisions.so who cares where we belong? I wish I could attend the next global
forum on division of nations, just to ask them to scrap this categorization and
may be insert more captivating classifications, if we must have them at all.
I believe we are all
important to each other in equal measures. No one is an island, we need each other,
but these divisions just choke me whenever I think of them. All in all, Kenya
is a power house, in its unique ways.
That’s why “Tunajivunia Ukenya”
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| Artisans go a step higher to bring the game to your house |
That said, everyone and every group has métiers and flaws. Like
a ritual, we always find ourselves on the wrong and on the downward trend while
also scaling high to the Utopia top in other instances, like a see-saw, so does
our lives get defined.
But wait, one concept seems to have evaded us. It is a bit contagious
at this point, and I feel like recalling the famous harsh tag #WhereAreWeHeadedTo.
We all know, the sun appears from east and disappears to
the west. And that marks the end of day-light and ushers the night in. This sequence
will move on so as long as we are available to witness. Or do I just say, as
long as we are preserve? Our beautiful, Nairobi infrastructure will also remain
for more generations to come. If we keep our nation secure from enemies of
progress.
Today, I was cross-checking, Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye’s
directions for Nairobi from her award winning novel, “Coming Birth,” and in truth, the same route, the same ginnels, the
same bridges, and the wrong and right turns Paulina took are the same a modern
day person would experience. Everything is still in place, like it was more
than 65+ years ago. That is the power of preservation. You keep heritage in
such ways. Is it not good to have our sons and daughters enjoy the splendor we
enjoyed during the days of our lives?
Like, Maggie
Q once observed, “We may not be in a position to save the planet. But
what Is for sure is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what
we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air,
drink the water, and actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real,
practical way. “Let us purpose to preserve anything that made you sad, happy,
gloomy, excited, and all kinds of moods that exist. They are at times a sources
of inspiration. The word today is preserve
Lack of preservation clearly means
unavailability of current products in future. How have you thought of this idea
of preservation with respect to our game? We find pride in the fact that, we
have a jewel in form of having all the Africa’s big 5 in our Savanna grasslands.
That is ok, but do we care how they ae fairing, do we take a look of their
well-being, do we protect them from their biggest enemy? In fact, the biggest
threat to the existence of our treasured game is Humans. We have assigned them names,
calling them, poachers, but that is not enough hiding. I feel pushed to say,
the biggest enemy is Kenyans’, I think that will provoke some sense of
responsibility.
While I appreciate some signs of hope for
the impending life of East Africa’s savanna elephants, there is still more work
to be done. The availability of Ivory markets in the globe, backed by the high
returns from their sale, attracts the devotion of structured crime consortiums,
provoking poaching that is bringing down elephant populaces across their great habitats
of Africa. The “LIVING
MOUNTAIN”’s (as mostly referred to by the Maasai community) existences under siege
and this should provoke a concerted effort by all parties with an aim of ending
the pandemic and bringing a downward trend in pouching.
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| More Art work: about the Game |
Scores of conservationists assembled
in Honolulu for the 2016 IUCN World Conservation
Congress and it was clear a strong stand is to be deliberated to
ensure Africa’s (Kenya’s) elephants get a chance to survive. Andrea
Turkalo issued a scientific paper
Explaining the desperate plight of savanna Elephant’s through
illegal killings for their tusks. An estimate showed that 62% of elephants were
killed between 2002 and 2013.We do not expect a return of these lost Elephants
anytime soon. This is motivation enough to not soften our
positions slightly and say the harm has been done.
My primary school biology classes served me better. And I believe
it is mutual to you. The gestation period (period between conception and birth)
of Elephants is 672 days. This translates to 22 months (almost two years.)This
period plus maturity (usually 10-15 years) means an elephant may take longer to
replace a killed member. In actual sense, it can take 15 years to replace a
single Elephant in the wild. In contrast it can take 1 day for a poacher to
eliminate 3 elephants from a herd. Clearly, this equation tends to a zero, even
with applying all formulae available. Newton with his second law of motion equations
would arrive at a null. The external force (Illegal poaching) suppressing this
motion is just too enormous to allow motion for a longer period. Baseline, there
is a big problem to be addressed. And unless collective responsibility is
courted, we shall remain with stories of the “Living Mountain” for generations
to come. Thus everyone should join the bandwagon to eradicate pouching. In such
a way, we must start to pursue the entire notion, given that we have the
benefit of a proof of the concept, and utilize that information with further
consideration of what it really means to us as Kenyans.
Where did our morals go? I want to believe it’s a short
trip and they are on their way back to us.This kind of threatening statistics are brought about by poachers,
sorry Kenyans, Who live, eat, drink and go to places of worship with us.
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| The Tusk is the targeted trophy by the pouchers |
We could think of bigger, darts sport,
this time using bows and arrows as darts, and a huge hide board to create an
indigenous sport. Well, who will draft the rules of the game? I leave that to
you. But some sort of engagement is key for these people. Education and disruption
of their cycles would be enough to reduce the number of poachers .But of course
it is key to repurpose their skills in doing something different but profitable
to them. Also, we could think of having a curio Centre for them to draw and
curve and model. I believe this talent is well spread across all life
inclination.
What are our roles in encouraging poaching?
We have taken each and every thing
from the residents around the game reserves. We have even taken preventive
measures from these people and left them to be in charge of their own security.
It is very important to know some animal killers are not actually strategic killers,
like poachers but they are men of good
will exercising their obligations of protecting their households from the game
attacks. Who is sleeping on his job? That is the begging question, but once answered,
the game death will reduce significantly.
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| These trophies can work as substitute engagements to cub poaching |
In real sense, legislating extremely punitive laws and long
prison term only will not tackle the poaching endemic but also looking at the concerns
disturbing the poachers is very key.
Cherish, the existence of this big mammals and other game
through appreciating the little things done by our people. Some are so passionate
about the game and have been involved in taking this love to our houses through
sculptures, drawings and paintings.
Let’s promote these men and women by maybe having a lion on
your shelf or an elephant at your door step or even a gazelle at your arm rest.
We can embrace art to conserve wildlife through the little acts of kindness, appreciation
and solidarity.
Pay-back will be very
harsh on us if we don’t come out strongly and disrupt this pouching trend.
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