MPs probe deal to export baobab trees to Georgia

Members of the Environmental committee in the National Assembly and their counterparts from the Kilifi County Assembly inspect Baobab trees ready for export at Bofa area in Kilifi town. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard]

National Assembly's Committee on Environment is investigating a controversial deal between villagers in Kilifi County and a foreigner exporting baobab trees to Georgia.

Baringo South MP and committee chairman Charles Kamuren said the probe would inform the House on laws to enact to protect the tree although its not listed among endangered species.