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Commissioner urges Kwale leaders to protect water tower

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President William Ruto plants a tree during the official opening of Devki Steel Limited at Samburu in Kwale County. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

Coast Regional Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha has called on leaders to protect the Shimba Hills National Reserve, a water tower in the region.

Onyancha who was accompanied by Kwale Governor Fatuma Achani during tree planting in Kubo South, Matuga Sub-county, warned residents against wanton destruction of trees for charcoal burning.

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