The government has been working with DNA scientists for bio-scientific approval of bringing all Bongo antelopes in the world to Kenya.
A total of 776 acres of forest land has been set aside for the creation of the Mawingu Mountain Bongo Sanctuary.
Uncomfortable with our presence, they take shade under thickets of foliage at the foot of Mt Kenya. One of them abruptly dashes in front of us in fright and sheepishly disappears into a canopy.
These are the Mountain Bongo antelopes that are threatened by imminent extinction, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) labelling them critically endangered. They are the only ones left on the planet, 100 in number and they can only be found in Kenya.
