COMMENTS ON Isiolo County Bills

The document outlines proposed amendments to two Isiolo County bills. For the Wildlife Management and Conservation Bill, it suggests expanding the definition of 'problem animal' for proactive conflict management, ensuring community nomination for the Board of Trustees, and protecting the land access rights of indigenous pastoralists. For the Community Conservancies Bill, it recommends adopting the 'community' definition from the Community Land Act 2016, introducing public access to information, and detailing meaningful community participation processes.

• The Isiolo County Wildlife Management and Conservation Bill should be amended to allow for a more proactive approach to human-wildlife conflict by redefining 'problem animal' to include wildlife that "has potential to cause damage to or harm to human life or property".
• To ensure inclusivity and ownership of wildlife management, the Board of Trustees for wildlife conservation should include two representatives "to be nominated by the communities living around the game reserves".
• The Wildlife Management and Conservation Bill must recognize that indigenous communities' territories overlap with game reserves and that these areas support pastoralist livelihoods; therefore, laws should allow "limited access to the reserves as long as it is not injurious to the wildlife".
• The Isiolo County Community Conservancies Bill should adopt the definition of 'community' from the Community Land Act, 2016, as it is more recent and encompassing than the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013.
• The Community Conservancies Bill requires a new section on public access to information regarding the conduct of business and decisions of the Board, as well as the "Books of Account and Audit relating to the Isiolo County Community Conservancies Fund".

APA

Farah, M. (2021). COMMENTS ON Isiolo County Bills. Natural Justice. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NJ_Submissions-on-Isiolo-County-Bills-2021.pdf

Chicago

Farah, Maryama. COMMENTS ON Isiolo County Bills. Natural Justice, 2021. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NJ_Submissions-on-Isiolo-County-Bills-2021.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{farah2021comments, author = {Farah, Maryama}, title = {{COMMENTS ON Isiolo County Bills}}, publisher = {Natural Justice}, year = {2021}, month = may, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NJ_Submissions-on-Isiolo-County-Bills-2021.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }