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Report reveals how KFS is 'eating up' Kenya’s forests

A damning report has shed light on an elaborate collusion between Kenya Forests Service (KFS) staff and saw millers, as the country struggles to prevent fast-diminishing forest cover.

The report by the team formed to examine the management of forests and logging activities in the country revealed how KFS irregularly allocates trees to certain saw millers, undervalues trees and keeps a poor records besides allocation of forest blocks in some cases.

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