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Reclaiming Nairobi's forests

CHARITY MUNYASIA, the head of Conservancy at Nairobi Forests, and Alice Macaire, the wife of British High Commissioner, are credited with making Karura forest safe. As Alice is about to leave the country, Charity sheds a tear and narrates to KIUNDU WAWERU their Karura success story

Three years ago, Karura forest was a no-go zone due to unbridled crime. But two unlikely women came together and rehabilitated the forest making it one of the coolest places to spend a day in Nairobi.

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