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LAIKIPIA WILDLIFE FORUM
West Laikipia Fence Project
Monthly ReportApril 2009
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LAIKIPIA WILDLIFE FORUM ROYALNETHERLANDS EMBASSY LAIKIPIA ELEPHANT PROJECT
 
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Contents
1.0.
 
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 2
 
2.0.
 
Fence sections .................................................................................................................................... 2
 
2.1.
 
Ex-Erok, Mutara and Pesi ............................................................................................................... 2
 
2.2.
 
Matigari ......................................................................................................................................... 3
 
2.3.
 
Laikipia West Nature Conservancy................................................................................................. 3
 
2.4.
 
Lombala, Ngorare and Kifuko ........................................................................................................ 4
 
3.0.
 
Phase two of the fence ....................................................................................................................... 4
 
4.0.
 
Distribution of crop raids and fence breakages ................................................................................... 4
 
5.0.
 
Conclusions and Recommendations ................................................................................................... 7
 
6.0 Appendix ................................................................................................................................................. 8
 
6.0.1 Fence voltages .................................................................................................................................. 8
 
List of Tables
 
Table 1: Fence breakages and crop raids ................................................................................................... 4
 
List of Figures
Figure 1: Distribution of fence breakages and crop raids ................................................................................ 5
 
Figure 2: Distribution of fence breakages and crop raids in LNC fence section............................................... 6
 
 
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1.0.
 
Introduction
This report draws data and discussions from the month of March, 2009 and field work for themonth of April, 2009. One community meeting was held at Ex-Erok chaired by the Fencecommittee chairman on 17
th
April, 2009. One community awareness meeting was held at Matigarion 14
th
April 2009 and addressed by the West Laikipia KWS Warden-Mr Mwangi, to launch theconstruction of the Matigari ring fence. The LEP elephant thespians presented plays on Humanelephant conflict mitigation. The Matigari community is currently working closely with the ADCtechnicians to complete the installation of the ring fence.The upgrade of Pesi fence section is still ongoing and is expected to be completed in May.However, elephants are reportedly pulling down the fence posts while avoiding contact with theoutriggers. Fence breakages in Ex-Erok were reduced from 16 in March to 9 in April whileMwenje recorded 22 from 10 in March. Mwenje recorded the highest number of crop raids of 52incidents. Fence voltage in all fence sections remained stable but lower in Ex-Erok especially atnight. A solar panel was stolen from LNC at the repeater along Alpha 3 section leaving the fencewithout power from 13
th
to 30
th
April.
2.0.
 
Fence sections
2.1.
 
Ex-Erok, Mutara and Pesi
The Ex-Erok fence upgrade has been completed and so far the number of fence breakages hasgone down from 16 in March to 9 in April(
Table 1
). The community is currently planning onfence security. LWF, LEP, KWS and the ADC have planned a rapid response team to be based atADC. It is expected the community teams will cooperate with the KWS rangers and the LEP teamon surveillance and rapid response to deter fence breakers.The Pesi fence section still faces a lot of challenges, especially from pastoralists. We haveengaged the pastoralist community in the fence management team and over the last month, weobtained a detailed report on who was responsible for the fence breaks. The report claimed thechildren were the culprits, and that they were sent by parents who did not want to be arrested byADC for grazing. A meeting is planned for 18
th
May to address these issues and arrive at aworking solution.Community members are currently taking part in replacing broken fence sections but due to lack of skills, they are not doing it properly. There is need to provide basic training to front linefarmers.
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