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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> An international film producer fears for his life after armed people raided his conservancy in Naivasha and injured the head of security.
\nAt least 50 men armed with crude weapons raided the 630-acre Hippo Point conservancy belonging to Dominic Cunningham on Monday.<\/div>\n
Mr Cunningham is the producer of two acclaimed films for National Geographic – \u2018Diamonds of War,\u2019 on the blood diamond trade in Sierra Leone and \u2018The War Next Door,\u2019 on the drug war in Colombia.<\/div>\n
He was also cinematographer on Discovery\u2019s NYPD – Life on the Street\u201d- a film about New York detectives – and on Oprah Winfrey \u201cChristmas Kindness\u201d – an inspiring film about her journey to adopt thousands of orphaned children from South Africa.
\nSpeaking to The Standard at the conservancy, Cunningham said the group was fishing along Lake Nakuru but intruded on the private property, and when turned away by the security team they became aggressive.<\/div>\n
They left the site but came back around 8.30am, demanding to see the head of security team Bernard Ochieng, accusing him of being arrogant.<\/div>\n
The armed group confiscated cell phones of two security personnel before they injured Mr Ochieng with crude weapons and attempted to drown him in the lake.<\/div>\n
\u201cOur security team was conducting normal patrols at the conservancy when a group of youth armed with pangas, arrows and knives attacked and injured one of them,\u201d said Cunningham.The conservator, his wife Casilda Uriarte and their son fled their home within the conservancy for safety. They informed Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), police and fisheries department, who responded immediately.
\n\u201cWe tried to speak to the intruders but they couldn\u2019t listen. They combed the property looking for the head of security. This forced us to leave,\u201d he said.The incident was reported at Kongoni Police Station under Occurrence Book (OB) number 08\/18\/05\/2020. Ochieng could not speak to The Standard because he was in pain. He had injuries on the face, eye and arms.<\/div>\n
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He was rushed to Donyo Health Care Hospital in Naivasha, where he is undergoing treatment.Cunningham fears that the intruders might also be a threat to wildlife at the conservancy, an issue that may affect tourism.
\nAccording to the filmmaker, the invasion of the conservancy has been on the rise in March, April and May, following swelling of the lake, coupled with economic impact of Covid-19.Initially, the lake was at least 250 metres away from the conservancy, but the waters have risen to the property.<\/div>\n
\u201cMy family do not feel safe because we have increased numbers of fishermen at the shores of the lake. We are therefore not able to know if they are licensed or not. What if they poach animals,\u201d he posed.Lake Naivasha and Lake Oloiden have merged, a phenomenon that forces fishermen to intrude the private conservancy.<\/div>\n
Cunningham fears that insecurity along the lake may drive investors out of the country.He urged respective government agencies including fisheries, police and KWS to come up with a policy on fish governance and boundary to secure investments.<\/div>\n
\u201cIssue of boundary should clearly be stipulated to avoid conflict. When you lose sovereignty of the land, investment will be affected. This therefore needs a quick solution,\u201d he said.County Director of Fisheries Mathew Ngila admitted that illegal fishermen avoid the legal pathway to the lake and pass through private property.<\/div>\n
Mr Ngila said officers from fisheries department are conducting regular surveillance at the lake to prevent fishermen from intruding private property.<\/div>\n
\u201cThere is rise in conflict reported along the lake. Some of the fishermen are not licensed with some armed that may too threaten wildlife,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n
Rift Valley police commander Marcus Ocholla said police have launched investigations into invasion of the conservancy. He suspects that locals who lost employment more so from flower farms are now engaging in fishing.<\/div>\n
\u201cIt is true the number of people fishing along the lake is overwhelming. We therefore need proper structures to prevent them from intruding into private territories,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: An international film producer fears for his life after armed people raided his conservancy in Naivasha and injured the head of security. At least 50 men armed with crude weapons raided the 630-acre Hippo Point conservancy belonging to Dominic Cunningham on Monday. 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