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Karura Forest is safe, but we will put up 200 hotels for tourists, Kenya Forest Service says

There is no new license issued to a developer to establish a resort centre in Karura Forest, Kenya Forest Service (KFS) has affirmed.

Speaking yesterday at the inauguration of the new KFS Chairman Peter Kinyua, KFS Director Emilio Mugo said that the news doing rounds that the forest has been grabbed are emanating from a report of 2009.

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