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Cedar posts at a cleared section of Kiptunga Forest in the Mau Forest complex on September 26, 2022. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
The Environment and Lands Court on Thursday issued new guidelines on logging of trees, and further banned issuing of new licenses to cut trees in either public or private forests.
Justice Oscar Angote said only logging of mature trees would be allowed in 5,000 hectares of land that had been identified by a multi-agency task force.
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