Sessional Paper No. 01 of 1959/1960 on a Game Policy for Kenya

Abstract

The Report of the 1956 Game Policy Committee, published as Sessional Paper No. 7 of 1957 /58, has now been examined by the Government of Kenya. The Colony's wildlife is of considerable economic importance as well as of aesthetic value to its inhabitants. The Government's Game Policy, set out in this Sessional Paper, will lay down the basic principles which will govern the preservation of game. The implementation of the Government's policy must, however, have regard to the legitimate human interests in the various areas where measures for game preservation are required, and to the limits of the finance available for this purpose. In this Sessional Paper, references are made to National Parks, National Reserves, Game Reserves and Controlled Areas, and these terms have the following meanings…