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Shamba system will strip of indigenous forests, kill water sources

Farmers from Geta village in Kinangop Nyandarua county prepare seedlings for planting in Aberdare forest On March 15, 2022, under the Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) programme. [File, Standard]

Except for the light bursts through the dense canopies in Songi forest in Eastern Mau, all seem calm and under control in the forest that has traditionally been a bread basket to the indigenous Ogiek community.

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