4th June, 2020
Security personnel collaborating with Kenya forest service officials in the north rift region have arrested several individuals and impounded several tonnes of the highly prized charcoal and timber worth millions of shillings. Acting on a tip-off, administration police (AP) and provincial administration in different places in Uasin Gishu county intercepted the suspects with the lucrative charcoal stuffed in bags but concealed with brooms and sleeping mats ready to be transported to an unknown destination.