Authorities confiscate 400 pieces of illegal rosewood timber in West Pokot

Acting on a tip-off, the officers on patrol, intercepted a lorry ferrying timber from Tapach in West Pokot County heading to Kapcherop in Elgeyo Marakwet.

County environment officials have confiscated more than 400 pieces of Rosewood timber at Sina Trading Centre, South Pokot Sub-county.

Acting on a tip-off, the officers on patrol, intercepted a lorry ferrying timber from Tapach in West Pokot County heading to Kapcherop in Elgeyo Marakwet.

 The driver and the conductor of the lorry escaped and abandoned it on the road.

Speaking to the press in Kapenguria town, Environment Chief Officer Peter Adoki said they have been on high alert to arrest illegal loggers.

Adoki warned against illegal logging and outlawed charcoal burning in the county