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In the past five years, thousands of fruit trees have been planted in private farms with exotic trees planted in government forests through the guidance of the Kenya Forest Service (KFS). Murang’a County, in collaboration with Ahadi Trust and KFS has seen more than 6.5 million fruit and coffee trees planted, improving the forest cover from 14.5 percent to 16.5 percent.

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