Explore other options before hiving off forest

There are plans by the Member of Parliament for Eldama Ravine, Moses Lessonet, to carve 100 acres off the Narasha Forest, which forms part of the Mau Water Complex, to construct a school. According to the MP, all that remains now is approval from the Kenya Forest Service.

These plans have put the Member of Parliament on a collision course with environmentalists and even his constituents. The National Council of Non-Governmental Organisations has threatened to organise residents to go on a demonstration to oppose his plans next week.