Sessional Paper No.7 of 1957/58 on Report of the 1956 Game Policy Committee

Abstract

The Council of Ministers, at its Eighty-Fourth Meeting, recognizing that the policy of the Government should be to preserve Kenya's wildlife as an asset of economic, scientific and recreational importance, advised the appointment of a committee to be known as the 1956 Game Policy Committee with the following terms of reference- (1) to consider and make recommendations as to the policy to be adopted for the long-term preservation of game, having regard to the interests of human population in game areas and to the economic development of the country; (2) in view of the urgency of a solution of the conflict in the Amboseli National Reserve between game and human interests which is rapidly reducing the value of this area as a game reserve, to make interim recommendations for the preservation of the game interest, having due regard to the consideration in (1) above; (3) to consider the liaison between Parks and the Game Department and to make recommendations for the strengthening of the Game Department and its preservational duties if this proves necessary; (4) to consider existing Game Legislation and to recommend, if deemed necessary, a strengthening of the Game Laws.