The Milgis Trust

Category: Milgis lugga, Northern Frontier District, Samburu | Date: Jan 11 2009 | By: milgistrust

Yes and its something that we noticed on our last few safaris… The various projects in the area, to bring water out of the mountains is my biggest concern… Not because it causes mini deserts so much, but the fact that every time the water in the mountain rivers doesn’t get to where the beginning of the pipe is, the projects , with out asking ‘WHY’, just go and buy more piping to take the water from further up… All most every scout in his report told us that WATER is very short… What are we going to do about it… Its of great concern to the Milgis Trust..

We were also graced at the scouts meeting by two gentlemen that came all the way over from America from the Shikar Safari Club International Foundation, who last year very kindly supported the employment of ten new scouts and to move the radio to higher ground… Both have helped our ground operations immensely.. I told the scouts that Chuck Lathrop, and Jon Mellen, came all the way to Kenya to be with us for five days only to support the Milgis Trust aims!…They both listened to all the scouts reports, and spoke of how impressed they are, it was nice to hear of the improvement of wildlife counts, the reports of new animals in the areas, etc. Jon gave full verbal support to the scouts and Pete and I for undertaking such a huge project..Chuck was in this area in the 1960s.. He remembered his first view of the Seiya Lugga!!… There was two Rhinos sleeping under a tree, a heard of Oryx, grazing to one side… A heard of Elephants came down to drink, and there was Grevy Zebra all around…He said it was a paradise!.. He would like to help us return this area to its former glory, but not with out the consent of the people who live here… THE SAMBURU.. ”This work the Milgis trust is doing is ‘right up my street’.. Its a true wilderness ” … He went on to tell the scouts… ” I am passionate about making it work with SSCIF support, and will do all he can!!”

The ‘lions’ let us down last night!.. This morning we woke up to the news that a lion had killed two camels??