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Years of plunder turn rich forest into desert

Chepalungu residents plant trees during a reforestation programme. [File, Standard]

In books, Chepalungu Forest in Bomet County sits on 4,871 hectares. However, things are different on the ground. The land is bare, with only a tree here, and a shrub there. But this has not always been the case. 

Joseph Towett, Chepalungu Apex Community Forest Association chairman said that up to 2007 the forest had a thick canopy of indigenous trees.  

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