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Workers erect polls in the ongoing fencing of Kaptagat forest ecosystem.The government aims to rehabilitate over 50,000 hectares in the ongoing fencing exercise. [Wycliff Kipsang, Standard]

On the morning of August 27, 2010, Kenya promulgated a Constitution that environmentalists hailed as the most progressive in Africa.

For environmentalists, lawyers, and communities, legal fight for environmental protection is fundamentally different from most African countries, thanks to the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, which has rightly earned the moniker the "Green Constitution".

Firstly, Article 42 nestled within the Bill of Rights guarantees every person the right to a clean and healthy environment.