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Kenya: Obama Message to Be Read At Wildlife Protection Talks


By Eunice Kilonzo



US President Barack Obama will send a message in support of wildlife protection to African leaders, scientists and philanthropists who will gather in Laikipia County at the end of this week.

The statement will be delivered on his behalf by Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom during the three-day conference -- Thursday, April 28 to Saturday ,April 30 -- hosted by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

The other US delegation expected will be the Chief of the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Office of Law Enforcement William C. Woody.

Expected to be in attendance at the Giant Club Summit will also be Presidents Ali Bongo of Gabon and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Idriss Déby of Chad as well as representatives of President Ian Khama of Botswana and President John Magufuli of Tanzania.

President Obama's statement will be shared in the afternoon session chaired by the head of the United Nations Development Programme, Ms Helen Clark.

While in Kenya last year, President Obama announced a Sh80 million kitty to protect wildlife in East Africa, including a three-year wildlife poaching and trafficking assessment programme in Kenya.

He also announced a rule that will prohibit most inter-state commerce of African elephant ivory and beef up restrictions on commercial exports.

Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources Judi Wakhungu said: "This is not another talking shop. This is an extraordinary opportunity for us to show the world that we know how to stop poaching."

I wouldn't trust O'Bummer no matter what words came out of his mouth!

I wonder if he has ever seen a draft of 'his' message?

The idiot has wrecked his own country and South Sudan, is now trying to screw up British politics, and has stood idly by with a wan smile when Ukraine, North Korea and Syria were happening. The thought of him bestowing his sage wisdom on...anywhere...is about as ludicrous as if it came from Mugabe.

what WILL he do when he finally finds out his does stink?

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what WILL he do when he finally finds out his does stink?

Blame it on Bush.

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While in Kenya last year, President Obama announced a Sh80 million kitty to protect wildlife in East Africa, including a three-year wildlife poaching and trafficking assessment programme in Kenya.

This says it all. While in Kenya ... a country that has banned hunting for decades and her wildlife has suffered the consequences of this decision ... he pledges the dollars of the US tax payers. Hunters would gladly cover this .... You can't make this stuff up.

Anything he has to say is not worth hearing.

P.O.S.

Maybe he'll read it off the back of the last surviving northern white rhino like "The Onion" spoofed.