Kenya wildlife service, KWS will on Saturday, April 30, burn 120 tonnes of elephant tusks and 1.5 tonnes of rhino horns in a function that will be presided over by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
This will be the fifth time Kenya will be burning stockpiles of ivory to show that the government is against poaching and illegal trade of ivory.
The first ivory burn in Kenya happened on July 19, 1989 where 12,000 kilograms of ivory was burned according to poachingfacts.com.
It came at a time when the population of elephants in Kenya had dropped from 167,000 in 1973 to around 60,000-71,500 in 1977.
The second ivory burn also took place in the month of July 1991 under Moi's administration.
This was followed by the third ivory burn on July 20, 2011 under the Coalition government.
The fourth ivory burn was presided over by president Uhuru Kenyatta on March 3, 2015 under Jubilee administration.
The Jubilee administration has shown that it is serious in fighting poaching.