Residents decry as hundreds are rendered jobless after ban

A freshly felled tree inside Kabaru forest in Mt Kenya. [Photo by Mose Sammy/Standard]

Hundreds of youths from Elburgon have been left jobless after the national government issued a 90-day ban on logging.

This has raised fears that youths, who worked mainly in sawmills or sold timber, could resort to crime unless they get alternative jobs.