Kenya’s Ruto Lifts Six-year Logging Ban

Ruto said the move was “long overdue” and was aimed at creating jobs and opening up sectors of the economy that rely on forest products.

“We can’t have mature trees rotting in forests while locals suffer due to lack of timber. That’s foolishness,” he said at a church service in Molo, a town about 200 kilometres (120 miles) northwest of the capital Nairobi.

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