Firms lose bid to resume logging in Nema ban row

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A truck transports timber along the Nakuru-Eldoret highway. PHOTO | JOHN NJOROGE | NMG

A judge has dismissed a case filed nine years ago by two timber manufacturing firms seeking to overturn a decision of the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) to stop them from harvesting logs.

The two, Comply and Timsales Ltd, wanted the court to quash a Nema notice stopping them from harvesting trees in Nakuru due to non-compliance with the law. They argued that implementation of the notice would have serious consequences on their business.

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