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Anonymous petitioners have placed Kenya Wildlife Service Director General Dr Erustus Kanga at the centre of a fresh complaint to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, accusing him of presiding over a climate of intimidation, sabotage of reforms and dirty procurement games instead of professional leadership. In their confidential dossier, the whistle-blowers say Dr Kanga has personally overseen the undermining of the review of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act by using wardens to disrupt public participation meetings, threatening staff who support the reforms and allowing open campaigns against the process even though it is an official government initiative. They describe KWS under his watch as a “one-man rule” outfit marked by weaponised transfers and promotions, politicisation of the Service, ethnic capture of key parks, discrimination against women and marginalised staff and deliberate hostility towards donors and partners who are smeared and pushed out instead of treated as allies. The petitioners further allege that formal committees and institutional checks are being bypassed or manipulated, and that commercial cartels have been allowed to creep into protected areas such as Tsavo, Kora and Meru/Bisanadi through mining and other deals that weaken conservation and community interests. They say this is not happening by accident, but under a leadership style that rewards loyalty over competence and punishes anyone who questions decisions. They also flag the Sh740 million staff medical insurance tender as a key example of questionable governance on Dr Kanga’s watch. They point to a ruling by the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board which found that KWS evaluators relied on a forged authorization letter, purportedly from Jubilee Health Insurance, to disqualify the company from the bidding process, and that while the winning bidder initially quoted about Sh710 million, the figure in the final award letter had been mysteriously pushed up to Sh740 million, prompting the Board to nullify the award and order a fresh evaluation of the tender. Taken together, the whistle-blowers argue, the internal dossier and the procurement watchdog’s findings paint a picture of systemic abuse of office around Dr Erustus Kanga. They are asking EACC to open a direct probe into his conduct, subject the contested tenders and other contracts to forensic audit, protect insiders who come forward with evidence and, where wrongdoing is proved, ensure that responsibility is placed on individuals rather than quietly written off as “institutional mistakes.”