Government suspends timber harvesting as water shortage bites

The rivers originating from forests are afflicted by vagaries of weather and illegal logging activities [File, Standard]

The Government has temporarily suspended timber harvesting for 90 days in all forests over the acute water shortage witnessed across the country.

During the 90-day moratorium, the state plans to review and rationalise the entire forest sector in Kenya and propose mitigations to curb the dry taps.