“In our view, this Bill is not comprehensive enough. It compromises a nit-picking exercise by one category of stakeholders," they say in their critique of the Bill.

Some conservationists believe the Bill was designed to benefit ranch owners who have wildlife inhabiting on their land. Yet, the law prohibits them from sport hunting, explaining why they want permitted to undertake game hunting.

This issue of sport hunting has split wildlife stakeholders down the middle, with some saying hunting is not a problem, while others express fears that it would lead to the decimation of a lot of wildlife if allowed to happen.

A few weeks ago, the President refused to assent to the Bill, which was meant to amend the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, Cap. 376, so as to allow among other things, consumptive wildlife.

Although one school of thought says hunting is not the issue, they are at the same time uncomfortable with Bill because it lacks the mechanisms on how the activity will be carried out.

According to their report, Assessment of Kenya's Wildlife Sector 2004,
the group of six experts wants a census to be conducted to establish the number of wild animals there are in the country before hunting can be allowed to go on.

After this, the number o animals to be hunted in a given quarter can be established.

The only problem with this is how to find out the number of animals belonging to Kenya when dealing with shared ecosystem such as Tsavo National Park that runs on Kenya and Tanzania borders.

According to Dr Patricia Mbote, one of the experts, those areas, which have wildlife, and yet do not generate a lot of money from tourism, can generate more money through game hunting.

"A cost-benefit study needs to be done of the parks we have. Those that cannot attract more tourists, but can raise more funding through game hunting can be set aside for such activities."