Conservationist, author of I Dreamed of Africa ambushed and shot at her ranch in Kenya

[Judi Lynn]

2. Activist Kuki Gallmann Shot At Her Kenyan Ranch

04/23/2017 04:17 pm ET
Activist Kuki Gallmann Shot At Her Kenyan Ranch
She is recovering from the attack after surgery in Nairobi, friends and family say.
By Lydia O’Connor


The 73-year-old was surveying her Laikipia property when herders reportedly shot her in the hip and stomach. The herders were searching for pasture as Kenya suffers an intense drought, local police chief Ezekiel Chepkowny said, according to The Associated Press.

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Herders have said they need land from Gallman’s 139-square-mile conservancy to graze their livestock. Authorities believe some of them recently set fire to a retreat on Gallman’s property favored by her late son.

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A Kenyan citizen and author of bestseller I Dreamed of Africa, Gallman has been raising funds to rebuild the retreat and improve security on her land.

Sveva Gallman, Gallman’s daughter, told NPR earlier this month that while they’ve always allowed herders to graze their animals on the land, more herders from far away have showed up with thousands of cattle and increased tensions. She suspects that some of the livestock is owned by wealthy politicians.

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