JUST IN: KFS: Kiambu Road Land Gazetted in 1951. Only 5.4 Acres of Karura Forest To Be Hived off for Road Dualling 

  A recent controversy over alleged plans to annex portions of Karura Forest has stirred emotions among conservationists, prompting heated responses and legal challenges. The Kenya Forest Service (KFS), however, insists that the actual road expansion along Kiambu Road does not amount to grabbing forest land, but rather utilizes an existing wayleave that has been in place since the colonial era. “Kiambu Road wayleave was gazetted in 1951 and hence has been in existence within Karura Gazetted Forest since the pre-independence era,” reads a Twitter statement from the KFS, countering reports that the project will carve out a massive chunk of
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