by Jeff Kizzilah
Environment Cabinet Secretary Hon.Soipan Tuya has directed the Kenya forest service to ensure transportation of trees or including Baobab tree outside the country will have license.
This comes after two private companies were caught cutting and transporting trees from Tezo location in Kilifi county to United States.
“Baobab trees will not be exportation outside the country from now this tree is a national heritage” CS said
The CS has said Baobab trees are a unique species and part of our natural heritage protected under the constitution of Kenya.
“We will put a tracking mechanism to ensure we attain the target of Cop27 which has just ended”
CS has said as government we are on course for 30% to plant 3billion trees.
” There is a deliberate attempt to derail the planting process but we are sure their is less political will but if their are suspected leaders involved they will face the law,” she adds