THE STANDARD
COAST
Samuel Ndunda aims at Indian house crows at Serena Beach Hotel, Mombasa. INSET: Indian house crows search for food. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]
At Serena Beach Hotel and Spa in north Coast, we find Samuel Ndunda, 52, armed with a catapult to scare away birds.
Ndunda is among three people employed solely to scare away Indian house crows, a preying bird that wreaks havoc at the Coast.
The workers chase the black and grey necked birds that hover around the hotel lawn looking for food.
“They are a real nuisance. They grab food from plates. They excrete all over as they fly from one spot to another,” he said.