Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano has lauded the introduction of a Digital Compensation Scheme Administration, a system used in compensating victims of human-wildlife conflict.

Speaking at Bomas of Kenya on Friday, November 15, 2024, during Community Wildlife Compensation Committee (CWCC) workshop, CS Miano stated that the digital system will bring numerous benefits.

Among the benefits the system is expected to bring are enhancing efficiency, increasing transparency and easing access to information on claims while eliminating unnecessary delays.

“One of the key advancements concerning the compensation of victims of human-wildlife conflicts is the introduction of a Digital Compensation Scheme Administration. This system will bring numerous benefits including enhancing efficiency, increasing transparency and easing access to information on claims while eliminating unnecessary delays. This new approach will, no doubt, foster trust among targeted communities,” CS Miano stated.

However, CS Miano acknowledged that there are still more challenges that should be addressed, despite the advancement.

The challenges, CS Miano said, include resource and general ignorance among the affected communities.

“As we celebrate our achievements, we should also acknowledge that there are still challenges that lie ahead which need to be addressed. These include, resource and general ignorance among affected communities. The task ahead calls for innovative ways of mobilising resources and widespread awareness creation including mounting rigorous preventive programmes to ultimately lessen the burden on both vulnerable communities in terms of keeping risk at bay and the Government in matters touching on compensation,” she said.