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Agencies launch bid to reclaim Mt Kenya forest by planting trees

A section of people who participated in planting 20, 000 indigenous tree seedlings at Mt Kenya forest in Kithoka, Meru. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]

A number of agencies have come up with an initiative to restore the depleted Mt Kenya forest in Meru.

The agencies which include Mt Kenya Trust, Kenya Tea Development Agency and the Kenya Forestry Service will be planting 20,000 indigenous trees in the forest in efforts to reclaim 14, 800 hectares of forest.

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