GOVERNOR for Uasin Gishu Jackson Mandago has banned logging in forests to save rivers. Launching road repairs in Kaptagat ward yeserday, he said destruction of forests by loggers is drying up rivers. “Our region cannot turn into a desert as we watch. The forests must be conserved at all costs and all those logging or burning charcoal in the forests must stop,” Mandago said. He said Kaptagat forest is a key water tower that the county will work to protect. The governor accused the Kenya Forest Service of licensing firms and individuals from as far as Nairobi to carry out logging and leave...
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