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Forest group wants alternative site for proposed sugar factory

CS Keriako Tobiko whose Environment Ministry has opposed use of Nyangweta forest land for sugar factory in Kisii County (PHOTO: FILE)

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kisii County has run into a nother challenge with a forest group questioning wisdom behind selection of a site for the proposed sugar factory.

Kenya Forest Working Group (KFWG), a sub-committee of the East Africa Wildlife Society said the project is likely to interfere with the environment if allowed to be built within the Nyangweta Forest.

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