Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has attempted to defend his false and widely criticised remarks that Kenya has tigers.
“From the Kikuyu nation where I come from, the Leopard and the tiger are one and the same thing. When I said there are tigers I meant Leopard(s). So go to the Nairobi National Park and see the Leopard/Tiger,” Gachagua said.
He spoke during the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society Pan-African conference gala dinner on Monday at the Boma Hotel in Nairobi.
Gachagua has received criticism after he said that Kenya has tigers during his speech in Colombia.
“Again, as you come to invest in Kenya, We have many facilities for tourism. We have rare species of wildlife; we have elephants, rhinos, buffaloes, and tigers,” Gachagua said.
Factually, there are no tigers in Kenya, nor have they ever been spotted on the African continent.
Tigers are mostly found in Asia, Nepal, Indonesia, and China. Tigers are an endangered species, with only 3000 in existence, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Source: NTV