KFS presents case for airstrip in forest as conservationists ejected

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North Imenti MP Rahim Dawood during a public participation on the proposed airstrip inside Imenti Forest, in Meru. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]

The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) has urged residents to embrace the proposed airstrip project in the Imenti Forest, part of the vast Mount Kenya Forest.

Amid sustained opposition by a section of conservation groups who argue that the project should be implemented outside the forest, the event saw KFS list various benefits it will bring.

However, a group of conservationists led by Kamanu M'Tuamwari of the Save Our Rivers Initiative (SAORI) had to be whisked to safety when they presented their petition opposing the project.