Poaching incidences in the country have dropped by 80 percent according to the ministry of environment. Principal secretary, Margaret Mwakima on Monday said that the decline had been occasioned by improved technology that helps monitor the wildlife. She also added that harsh penalties for those caught poaching had also helped reduce the vice which was at its peak between 2014 and 2015. Mwakima, however, lamented that law allowing the sale of elephant tusks in South Africa could give poachers a fresh impetus to revive the illegal business. In May President Uhuru Kenyatta set ablaze over 105 tonnes of tusks in what he described as Kenya's commitment to preserving its wildlife. "In destroying the ivory we reject once and for all those who think our national heritage can be sold for money,"he said. 

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