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Reprieve for Ijara residents in row over forest once inhabited by militia

Environment Cabinet Secretary Judi Wakhungu. (Photo: File/Standard)

Parliament is piling pressure on the government to surrender an expansive swathe of forest land to the Somali community in Ijara, Garissa County.

The National Assembly’s Committee on Environment and Natural Resources has, after listening to both sides, and visiting the area, asked Cabinet Secretary Judi Wakhungu to “immediately” revoke the legal notice she issued in February 2016, taking over the Boni/Ijara Forest.

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