Court Bars Government from Building Car Park at Nairobi Animal Orphanage

Nairobi’s Environment and Land Court barred the government from continuing construction of a car park at the Nairobi Animal Orphanage or undertaking work that could destroy any part of Nairobi National Park. The October 27 order was issued in a petition by 4,642 Kenyans against the Kenya Wildlife Service, the Attorney General and other respondents over development projects in the protected park. The dispute includes plans to relocate the orphanage near the Bomas of Kenya, which KWS says is needed to accommodate more rescued animals and visitors. Construction had been halted by court orders in July, and satellite images reviewed in August showed about 4.94 acres of vegetation cleared at the proposed site.