Timber dealers now cry foul over logging permits

Logs at a yard that were harvested from a forest in Central Kenya in July 2023. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

A section of saw millers in Kakamega, Bungoma and Vihiga counties are crying foul over alleged bias in the allocation of forest trees.

The complaints come barely two weeks after President William Ruto announced the government's decision to lift a ban on logging in forests across the country.