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Fencing of Maasai Mau forest kicks off

A fixed-wing aircraft doing ariel seeding at Sierra Leone in Maasai Mau Forest on November 1, 2019. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The government will start fencing the Maasai Mau Forest in the next two weeks. 

The over 44,000-hectare forest that was reclaimed in 2019 after more than 35,000 illegal settlers were evicted will be fenced in two phases, with the first one covering 30 kilometres.

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