Long before the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the tourism sector, protected areas such as national parks, game reserves and wildlife sanctuaries in Kenya were already grappling with challenges of underfunding.
A good case in point is the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), whose annual report 2017 indicates that during the year ended June 30, 2017, KWS earned about Sh5.5 billion in revenue against expenditure of Sh7.1 billion.
