Millionaires who can’t log into their tree riches

Joel Mudahana inspects mature wattle trees harvested. He is among farmers who invested millions of shillings to plant hundreds of acres under wattle trees dedicated to charcoal burning but cannot burn charcoal because the government has banned the issuance of charcoal movement permits. PHOTO: KEVIN TUNOI

When Joel Mudahana converted his 100-acre farm into wattle trees plantation, he thought he would make a breakthrough in life.

The resident of Uasin Gishu County planted wattle trees for the extraction of barks for making dye and charcoal.