Uproar Over Logging Activities in Aberdare Forest

There is growing uproar in Nyandarua County over ongoing logging activities inside the Aberdare Forest, with residents and local leaders raising concerns over environmental degradation and the potential loss of a critical water catchment area. Residents claim dozens of lorries have been entering the forest and transporting logs out of the area. However, forest authorities and sawmillers have defended the harvesting, saying the felling of mature and over-mature plantation trees is lawful and part of routine plantation management. So, what exactly is happening inside the Aberdares?