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How baobabs were trafficked from the Coast

A Baobab tree in Mavueni, Kilifi County. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Three seemingly unrelated events occurred this year between May and November, laying the groundwork for what could have been the biggest rip-off of Kenya's biodiversity at the Coast.

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