Destruction of forests in Kisii goes on despite logging ban
Women fetch firewood from Nyangweta Forest in South Mugirango, Kisii County. Destruction of forests in Kisii County continues even in the face of a ban on logging by the government. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The danger facing the forests in the county is further heightened by lack of forest guards to deter destructive human activities.
At Nyangweta, the largest of the eight designated government forests, the effect is apparent as human activities take toll.
The situation is made worse by huge industrial investments lined to up on the forest’s land.
Plans are also under way to allow an investor to set up a Sh5 billion factory.
Destruction of forests in Kisii County continues even in the face of a ban on logging by the government.
In the last five years alone, at least one forest has been decimated by the county government to give way to a bus park cum market at Keumbu, Nyaribari Chache Sub-county.
