The Kasigau community still remember the history of colonial deportation to Malindi by the British Army during the First World War period (1914 to 1918). The Wakasigau were accused of aiding Germans from Tanganyika (present day Tanzania) raid a British military camp based in Kasigau. British troops forcefully evicted Kasigau residents from their beloved homes for what the British termed as betrayal which caused the colonial army to suffer heavy casualties after being ambushed by the Germans. Their leader (Chief Mwangojilo) and other elders were killed by the British Soldiers for resisting the eviction. The Wakasigau were forced to walk on foot from Kasigau to Maungu town without food and water. From there they were loaded into a cargo train to Mombasa and thereafter into a waiting ship to Malindi. The community spent about 22 years away from Kasigau, with many of their members dying from alleged poisoning by locals at Pangani and Magarini in Kilifi district, their first relocation. After years of suffering in concentrated camps, the community found their way to resettlement in Mwatate, their second relocation which is near Kasigau, as their elders kept communicating and pleading with the local authorities to be allowed to return back home to Kasigau. They argued that they did not betray the British intentionally as they could not differentiate between a German and Bwana (as they used to call a British man). They were eventually allowed to come back to Kasigau in 1936 to rebuild their homes.

Kasigau is a series of villages located on Wildlife corridor that connects the Greater Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Parks of Kenya with the Mkomanzi Reserve in Tanzania. Land-use in this corridor is mainly made up of grazing land that is used by local livestock herders.

To preserve this celebrated wildlife corridor and for community livestock grazing, the Wakasigau formed a Directed Agricultural company in 1971 with a start-up capital for establishing infrastructure and purchasing stock in form of loan from the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC). The Kasigau Ranching (D.A) Company Ltd covers an area of 52,305 acres within the altitude range of 2,600 to 3,000 feet above sea level, and which receives an annual average rainfall of between 500 to 1,000 mm. The area experiences bi-modal rain pattern – long rains from March to June and short rains from October to Mid-December – which guarantees forage for livestock up to a carrying capacity of 5,000 animal units.

Kasigau is a series of villages located on Wildlife corridor that connects the Greater Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Parks of Kenya with the Mkomanzi Reserve in Tanzania. Land-use in this corridor is mainly made up of grazing land that is used by local livestock herders.

The Kasigau Ranching Company, together with its partners, continues to ensure Kasigau Corridor remains a catalyst for community development, a hub for wildlife research, and a world-class ecotourism destination offering unique opportunities for guests to become part of the Kasigau story both during their visit and for years to come.

Kasigau Ranch sits on one of Kenya’s most important elephant movement corridors. Keeping this land intact and functioning for wildlife, livestock and the rich vegetation is being achieved largely through creating a conservancy, The Kasigau Ranch Conservancy.

As we work together to protect this vital piece of land, we believe Kasigau Ranch is a model for integrated conservation and social impact that catalyses peace and security across the greater Kasigau Corridor for people and nature in perpetuity.