Stumps and farms replace once dense canopy of trees in key water tower

A section of Kabaru forest that is being used for farming. Residents of Kabaru village in Kieni constituency, Nyeri County, under the Community Forest Association allegedly pay between Sh30,000 and Sh100,000 to farm on an acre of land inside the forest. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

At Kabaru, part of the 213,082 hectare Mount Kenya Forest Reserve, thousands of tree stumps dot the ground.

The land previously covered by dense canopy of trees now lies bare, exposed and crying out to the skies for redemption.