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CS Tuya orders crackdown on illegal logging, encroachment of public forests

Environment Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya. [Courtesy, Ministry of Environment]

Environment Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya has ordered the Kenya Forest Service to mount a nationwide crackdown on illegal logging, encroachment and charcoal burning, which she blamed for the recent spike in forest fires.

Speaking on Friday at a press briefing, CS Tuya cautioned communities living adjacent to public forests against engaging in illegal forest activities and asked them to be the first line of defence for Kenya's forests.

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