Kenya: State hands back Amboseli National Park to the Maasai

The Government has handed back Amboseli National Park to the Maasai in what appears to be a move to woo the community into the Banana camp before the November 21 referendum. President Kibaki on Thursday directed that a legal notice be issued to ensure the park was returned to the community as trust land. Through a special gazette notice issued on the same day by Tourism and Wildlife minister Morris Dzoro, the park now becomes a national reserve and will be run by Olkejuado County Council.