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New machine gives bamboo a touch of beauty

By ALLY JAMAH

Inside the Karura Forest just outside Nairobi, at the satellite offices of the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (Kefri) is a new Sh18 million machine that promises a bright new dawn for Kenya’s dormant bamboo industry. In this machine, big money beckons.

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