Ruto orders KFS officers sacked as 12 forests ravaged by logging

President William Ruto (left) in Gilgil during a passing-out parade for over 2,600 recruits joining KFS. [PCS]

President William Ruto has ordered the Kenya Forest Service board to sack 23 managers and rangers found to have engaged in illegalities leading to forest destruction.

This follows a report by the government revealing the continued destruction of forests in the country implicating forest rangers, the Community Forest Association, and board members.