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CS Duale issues first ban as Environment boss, halts export of raw veneer

Wood veneers drying

Wood veneers stacked to dry. 

Photo credit: Shutterstock

By  Hellen Shikanda

Health and Science Reporter

Nation Media Group

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change has banned the export of raw wood veneers, a decision that comes barely a fortnight after a Nation exposé on the sale of immature eucalyptus abroad. 

In a letter to newsrooms, Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale asked the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) not to issue a no objection letter for export.

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