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Fire alert issued on Aberdare Forest blocks

Some volunteers from Ndari Village in Kieni in Nyeri, tries to put out the fire as rages in the Aberdare National Park on January 14, 2016. PHOTO: KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD

The Gatare block of the Aberdare Forest has been put on high alert following reported fires in sections of the forest.

Gatare forester Joseph Maingi said stakeholders managing the forest block had been directed not to use fire to prepare farms located inside the forest under the 'shamba' system, where farmers take care of growing trees alongside their crops.

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