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The damage has already been done, Kenyans rebuke DP Ruto's ban on logging

By Wambui Mbuthia | Feb. 25, 2018

Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday, February 24 imposed a three-month logging ban in the country following the widespread outcry over the wanton and consistent loss of forest cover to logging.

The DP ordered The Ministry of Environment which is headed by Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko to ensure timber harvesting in all public and community forests is put on hold due to the effect the activities bring to climate.

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