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Tree planting at Kaptagat Forest on June 19, 2022. [File, Standard]
Suspected vandals have destroyed a section of an electric fence currently being erected around the 20,000-hectare Kaptagat Forest in Elgeyo Marakwet.
Locals living adjacent to the Lower Sabor section of the forest held a peaceful protest to condemn the destruction while demanding a probe into the crime.
The fence is suspected to have been vandalised on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, just hours after two rival groups, one supporting the fencing exercise aimed at guarding the forest from illegal logging and overgrazing and a faction opposing the conservation exercise.
