KALOMUDANG CONSERVANCY-SAMBURU COUNTY

PROPOSAL TO THE FRIENDS/ PARTNERS.

Project Name KALOMUDANG CONSERVANCY

Project started
1st April 2008

Project Account [s] 1281596779 - KENYA

COMMERCIAL BANK

Projected Budget Location Samburu North District, Marti/Nachola

Locations

Project Start Date Oct. 2013

Donor [s] SAMBURU COUNTY, Partners KWS,SAMBURU NATURAL RESOURCE

AWF, CDF AND OTHER FORUM, AWF, MIN. OF TOURISM, OTHER
PARTNERS CONSERVANCIES/PARTNERS CDF
SAMBURU NORTH.

Project Manager James Napeli Email Kalomudangconservancytrust@gmail.com

BACKGROUND INFRORMATION

Kalomudang conservancy is situated northern Kenya in between Marti/Nachola of Baragoi division in Samburu
North District .It is a community Initiative initiated with the main aims for peace building and to bring sustainable
development in the area. kalomudang acts as an umbrella of conflict resolutions between Samburu, Pokots and
Turkanas ethics communities on cattle raids and cattle rustling for the past fifteen years these communities have
been loosing young people on the process of cattle raids , rustling. Kalomudang conservancy is addressing the
issues beside others.
(a) conflict resolution .
(b)Environmental /Wildlife conservation
(c) Education to Community/ development

(Conflict resolution) (Education to the Community)

VISION AND MISSION

VISION
To improve the quality of life by conserving the endangered specie s/ environment for the better livelihoods of the
community.

MISSION
Protect endangered species, mapping and sensitize the communities on the importance of wildlife.

MAJOR OBJECTIVES

ENVIROMENT –
Promote those activities which will enhance the protection of the fragile and already degraded Kalomudang
environment. This will be emphasized during locals Institution building (culturally based) education and
community awareness creation. The grass root level training will also focus on areas that area strongly related to
the environment;
(a) livestock,
(b) fuel wood
(c) Water.

Further Environmental Issues will be taken into consideration while developing curricula programs and
methodology of other training activities,
-Strengthening Human resources and institutional capacities within Kalomudang for more effective and efficient
preparation planning and implementation of project programme

-Reclaiming where damaged, protecting the diverse and valuable, yet fragile natural environment in different
ecological zones.
-Conflict Resolution to co-exist pastoralist communities through education and development mobilization to
furnish and reduce cattle rustling raids in their minds, and bring them together in other development strategies.
-Improving the delivery of services in health, Education and Extension
-Improving the infrastructure access to inputs and good delivery channels as well as alternative energy supply
systems.
-Strengthening district capacities and facilities in terms of drought intervention and drought recovery
-Expanding and intensifying research link to the sustainable development of human, economic and ecological
resources.
 (The beauty of Kalomudang conservancy)

Area of Coverage
The conservancy area covers Marti/Nachola locations great Suguta valley in Baragoi division Samburu North
district.

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
It’s in area of 65000 acre piece of land borders Pokots, Samburu and Turkana districts
The plateau lies within the greatest Rift valley Suguta valley on northern side of Kenya with an escarpment ranges
separating Turkana district and Samburu district lowland lies about 1500meters to 2500meters above the sea levels
with two mountain ranges are moru a’ nkokolak and Moru’a ngibun largely demarcated within the border of the
conservancy .The river being Nachola/ Mbaragoi river.
 Community conservation sensitization meeting and education in progress. Conservancy officials often train community
members on conservation and environmental matters.

Fig 1: A map showing the location of the Kalomudang conservancy in Samburu North District.

The main vegetation cover is more or less open acacia Savannah in the west, the relief is steep gently undulating
hills again with different species of acacia savannah and open grassland descends towards Suguta valley ( seasonal
river which forms eastern boundary of the division).

There are two perennial rivers e.g. Nachola river and Baragoi river. Suguta is the only permanent river which flows
from Baringo to Lake Lokula which is a breeding home of the flamingos, twenty kilometers from the conservancy.

Kalomudang hills

CLIMATE AND RAINFALL

The long term mean annual rainfall declines from south east to north west rain mainly falls during the dominance
of the ITZ C” long rains in march to may: short rains in October to November and is convective in origin rainfall
ranges between 700mm per year to 400mm per year which is quite erratic and unreliable. The temperatures ranges
between 20degrees to 28 degrees, with a bout 6-8 hours of sunshine daily given its rainfall and temperature
characteristics, kalomudang as a whole is outside the zone suitable for rainfed crop production.

POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS

The division is estimated to have 25,000 people of which 6,500 live in the proposed conservancy piloting areas.
The division has the lowest density in the district, the highest ranging between 50-100person/km2’ and the least
densely populated areas with less than 10p/km2. Kalomudang is mainly home to Turkana and Samburu ethnic
groups.

Physical and Social Infrastructure

There is a very little scattered and poorly developed infrastructure in the area. Roads are poor and impassable
especially during rainy season. Most of the areas are therefore accessible on foot. The main water source is dry
rivers beds, subsurface dams few operational boreholes rock catchment dams and tanks, which dry out during the
dry season.

There is only one Health Centre at Baragoi shopping centre and a dispensary in Marti, therefore the traditional
community based health providers who play major roles in the provision of health services in this area.

Four primary schools and five nursery schools, scattered throughout four of the primary schools in the pilot area.

Kalomudang scouts cooperate with the local community and use radio calls to communicate and reports poaching
incidents.
SOCIAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
The main social economic activity in the division is livestock production, which makes the back bone of the
division as an income generating activity. There are however, other income generating activities like beekeeping
and late tapping of Gum Arabica. There are other small scale trading enterprises practised in the area some of
which have no significant constitution to overall wellbeing of Samburu North for instance bead work, gemstone
curio shops etc.

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

The area selected for the pilot project, as indicated earlier covers some part of Baragoi division in Samburu north.
However its expensive, therefore for effective Implementation of the project the area has been divided into two to
accommodate the two local community Each side of the conservancy is manned by a scout from the same
community.

ENVIROMENTAL /WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

The activities proposed above will have both direct and indirect environmental and wildlife’s conservation
implication. It is important that the implementation should therefore be done in an environmentally friendly way to
either make the environment/wildlife better than it was or observe status quo. Through effective community
participation, it will be ensured that environment considerations are given adequate attention.

Presently the situation has greatly changed since the Kalomudang Conservancy brought the idea of conservation.
The Conservancy has since become suitable for conservation of some of the endangered species e.g.Grevy zebra,
Greater kudu, Somali ostrich, klipspringer and other rare species and cat family included.

Scouts and community members during an outreach programme

KALOMUDANG FENCE

Kalomudang proposed fence will ensure the endangered species are protected from poachers. The fence will cover
approximately 100acres. This will help the conservancy to take care of the injured, maimed animals. The animals
found injured will be transported to a set area for treatment and recovery. Poaching is a major challenge in the
conservancy.

RE-HABILITATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES

The most endangered species in the conservancy include,

 The Somali ostrich-for ceremonial feathers and meat

 Lions - for a Moran to graduate to manhood. He must kill a male lion.
 Other animals are consumed as delicacy

Depletion of resources has led to human/wildlife conflict. Lions often invade farms and attack domestic animals.
Community members often kill lions to protect their herds of cattle. There is a major need for community members
to be sensitized on the importance of wildlife through workshops, barazas and school outreaches by the
conservancy.

Since the conservancy was initiated, the major challenge has been poaching. Poachers, often armed with crude
weapons, traps and guns traverse the conservancy to kill animals for their meat, skin and trophies. These trapped
and maimed animals are left often to die in the forest. For example, the picture below shows baby ostriches rescued
from a poacher. Rehabilitating maimed and injured animals is painstaking and is done often with limited resources
leading to their demise. If funds were made available to secure the conservancy through a fence or sanctuary, lives
of many animals can be saved. These rehabilitated animals are eventually released back to the wild.

8 baby ostriches rescued from poachers are seen here being tended by a scout. Rehabilitation of rescued animals is
Kalomudang major challenge.

To rehabilitate the animals rescued from poachers, the conservancy depends on well-wishers to buy medicine, food
and shelter. 8 ostriches rescued in January are housed in a community school compound. When they grow,
ostriches can be dangerous hence endangering school kids. They need to be moved into their own fence until they
are released to the wild
(Endangered Grevy Zebra) (Environment Day) (Endangered Somali Ostrich)

ACTIVITIES
Training of the community on the significance of the environmental/wildlife’s conservation emphasizing on
appropriate technology choice in the implementation of the area development activities (discussed above)
-To encourage communities to reclaim eroded areas within neighborhood.
-Establish cultural, schools, and the community environmental/wildlife conservation awareness forums (Field days,
barazas)
-High levels of community participation and commitment collaboration with other Institution involves with
environmental/wildlife protection, either within or outside the conservancy area .

Rehabilitation of the rare Somali ostrich after rescue from poachers

CAPACITY BUILDING

The ultimate goal of the conservancy is to achieve community development which is integrated and sustainable in
the long term. A lot of capacity building both at the project level is very necessary if this goal is achieved. This will
be coordinated under comprehensive relevant and practical training.

(Education to the community by the conservancy) (Conservancy received laptop donation from Joseph)

COOPERATING AND COLLABORATING LOCAL AND NATIONAL NETWORKING

Successful implementation of the conservancy will require not only effort from the conservancy but also
cooperation from other locally based organization with the same vision as Kalomudang attempt will therefore be
made to establish and forge strong networking links with such organization as long as they are willing e.g. African
Wild life Foundation (AWF),Samburu Wildlife Forum (SWF) Grevy Zebra Trust project, Kenya Wild life Service
(KWS) and other conservancies in the area.

AWF Donates radio calls to

Kalomudang Collaboration with KWS Patrol in the conservancy Camping in progress

MONITORING AND EVALUTION

To design appropriate and effective monitoring and evolution tools standards and procedure and to undertake the
same throughout project cycle involved community as much as possible.

CHALLENGES FACING CONSERVANCY

 Poaching
 Infrastructure
 Funding
 Insecurity
ACHIEVEMENT/IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES

Kalomudang through its executive official has already implemented the following activities
ECO-TOURISM –There is tourism campsite which accommodates about four tourists with camels ridding
Research – the research is being done by two universities Osyka and Kyoto University from Japan Kalomudang
have employed 10 scouts from ethics communities who are there to mane and patrolling round the conservancy
providing security keeping eye on poachers and wildlife movements’ habitat. Kalomudang within a short time of
(4) four years it has refracted a great change of the conservation – it has completely changed the mind of the
communities from past many years ago – each and everybody is about to known or almost to have a knowledge or
idea, of the conservation. Kalomudang have a great vision and mission to achieve, the only challenges here is the
funding.
Kalomudang with funding: they are on focus to initiate more income generating activities within the conservation
to support the conservation activities.
Communication
Through the support of A.W.F they were provided with 2 radio calls for the security patrol there is a need of radio
call repeater for the best communication all over the conservancy they are
Still looking ways to improve communication using new technology.

(Tourism campsite in the conservancy) (Tourism campsite (Camel ridding within the conservancy)

(Conservancy’s camp site)

SUSTAINABILITY-INCOME GERATING ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES

Promoting of other non-traditional activities in the conservancy will lead diversification of the area economic
resource base currently the main economic income generating activities in the area are livestock and livestock
product especially hides and skins given nature of access to the ownership of livestock in the area this does not
avail equal focus will be made on the following
(a) Livestock marketing
(b) Bee keeping
(c) Handicraft
(d) Gum Arabica
(e) Hides skin and other small scale enterprises.
(f) Cultures / Eco tourism
The above will enable the conservancy to sustain itself through the above mentioned IGA’s.
The Kalomudang conservancies are not in any special funding they are looking out for partnership conservation
organization ranchers/individuals/institution/NGOs/Parastatals bodies to achieve its objective and goal.

Visiting tourists are brought face to face with age old cultural activities, rituals and dances that attract well wishers
who donate towards the conservancy. During these activities, the community is sensitized towards conservation
and advantages of living in harmony with the flora and fauna that includes wildlife, environment and community
beneficiaries.
APPEAL

The Kalomudang community has been running the conservancy through holistic community participation with little
or no outside funding.
For the last 8 years, the conservancy has dependent on the community for financial support and through tourist well
visiting the conservancy. However, the conservancy could do more if only performance based funding was made
available through partners.

PROJECT STRUCTURE MANAGEMENT / ORGANOGRAM

COMMITTEE BOARD

PROGRAM CO-ORDINATOR

PROJECT ASSISTANT

FIELD OFFICER/DATA OFFICER SCHOOLS/DISPENSARIES

COMMUNITIES / BENEFICIARIES

We are hoping your positive consideration soon.

HELP US SAVE THE WILDLIFE URGENTLY

Since the Pandemic experience in Kenya, Kalomudang conservancy received a lot of challenge to his running activities since
the lockdown of Corana virus happen

The Kalomudang conservancy use to run his activities through income from tourist, if the conservancy cannot be rescued the
pass challenges of poaching will realized again, wright now the conservancy looking forward to chart down some activities
within the conservancy due to the challenge of funding.

The Kalomudang conservancy humble requesting the well-wisher to support and rescue the conservancy during this Pandemic
moment

CHALLENGES

 Lack of sustainable fund to overcome this Pandemic

 Lack of tourist

(A recent entry route of Elephants from Ng’iro) (Orphaned Ostrich)