Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) plans to set up a forensic and genetic laboratory have received a major boost following a pledge of equipment worth Sh16 million (US$178,000) by an American research institution.
The Sackier Institute for Comparative Genomics of the American Museums of Natural History pledged to support KWS plans to construct the state-of-the-art laboratory in Nairobi.
Dr. George Amato, the Institute’s director, also pledged to support training, collaborative research, exchange programmes and equipment for the laboratory. He was speaking at the weekend during a luncheon hosted in honour of a KWS delegation to the US from May 14-25.
The KWS director, Mr Julius Kipng’etich, is leading a delegation of KWS officers to develop partnerships to support the Kenya Wildlife Service Fund as well as raise funds for the planned forensic laboratory to be set up at KWS headquarters in Nairobi. read more: www.kws.org/info/news
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