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Translate the tree planting drive into a robust economic activity

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Members of the Mombasa Walk Movement plant trees at the Kibarani Recreational Park after doing a 20 km walk within the Mvita Sub County in this photo taken on July 22, 2023. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG

By  George Wachira

Petroleum consultant

When the Jubilee government banned logging, it was to increase national forest cover to assure Kenya’s water supply security.

When the Kenya Kwanza government recently reinstated logging, it was to fix an economic problem of acute deficit of timber supply.

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