Forest agency nets Sh3b, targets Sh5b annually

The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) has collected more than Sh2.6 billion this year, even as it fights to remain under the national government. KFS Director David Mbugua said this year alone, the agency collected Sh2.6 billion from forestry and has set a target of about Sh5 billion annually.

Mbugua said due their effort in greening the country, the forest cover currently stands at seven per cent of the total national cover. “I laud the efforts by the private sector in tree growing as well as the newly launched Green Schools tree planting programme for accelerating the tree cover,” he observed.