These Regulations, made by the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources under section 25 (7) of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013, concern: County wildlife conservation and compensation committees; funds of the wildlife compensation scheme; reporting and assessment of compensation claims; consideration and payment of claims. The Regulations define the following relevant terms: animal, including domestic animals; claimant, as any person who owns, or has an interest in land, property, crops or livestock at the time loss or damage is caused to it by wildlife, or their representative, or a person injured by wildlife, or their representative, or a representative of the person killed by livestock; devolution of rights, authority and responsibilities by the national wildlife agencies to the local delimited geographic and functional domains; livestock; wildlife, as any wild and indigenous animal, plant or microorganism or parts thereof within its constituent habitat or ecosystem on land or in water, as well as species that have been introduced into or established in Kenya. The Regulations focus on: composition of the County wildlife conservation and compensation committees based on the following criteria: gender, integrity and residence; procedural matters concerning the appointment of the member; care and control of crops, livestock or other property in accordance with generally reasonable agricultural practices or livestock control; report of livestock injured or dead; procedure to apply to loss or damage to crops and other property; criteria for submitting applications; limits to compensation.
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