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State outlaws logging to save drying water towers

The Ministry of Environment headed by Keriako Tobiko has been directed to ensure the logging ban is enforced. [Photo: Courtesy]

The Government has imposed a three-month logging ban in the country following widespread outcry over the wanton and consistent loss of forest cover to logging, a fact that continues to expose Kenya to the vagaries of climate change.

Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday ordered the immediate suspension of timber harvesting in all public and community forests for three months, directing the Ministry of Environment to ensure the ban is enforced.

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