Kassim said security apparatus were ready to deal ruthlessly with poachers who have claimed a number of endangered species of animals in the world-famous Maasai Mara Game reserve and in private conservancies in the county.
Addressing media in his office yesterday, Kassim said most of the killings were being executed with the use of guns and poisoned arrows and spears, an indication that the locals were involved.
He urged the public to volunteer information every time such incidences occur in order to have the culprits arrested.
The administrator revealed that some three suspects were facing charges in court over the killing of two elephants in the Mara two weeks ago.
A male black rhino was also killed at Paradise plains in Musiala Conservancy last month raising concerns about the safety of our wildlife with several hundreds of kilogrammes of zebra meat also being nabbed during the month.
Alsothe police recovered three elephant tusks worth Sh1.4million in a house near Narok town on Tuesday.
This comes as Conservationists voice concern over the survival of elephants and other endangered species in the world famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve and the conservancies around it after Kenya Wildlife Service reported that 10 jumbos had been killed by poachers in the area in the last five months.
The elephant tusks and the rhino horns are said to be on high demand in some Asian countries where they are said to be used to make various ornaments and are said to also be of medicinal value.