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Taita-Taveta County Assembly Committee members on Environment, Forestry and Energy assessing the damage caused by forest poachers at Iyale Hill forest in Taita district yesterday. Photo by Renson Mnyamwezi/standard
Kenya Forest Service (KFS) personnel in Taita-Taveta County have smashed an illegal logging syndicate in Government forests.
According to senior officials, loggers had invaded Iyale Hill forest and were indiscriminately harvesting trees using axes to avoid detection.
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