Lawyer Wahome Thuku has come out to reveal the smuggling of wood that is happening at the Karura Forest under the cover of the dark night. In a video he shared on his Facebook page and seen by this writer, trucks carrying logs of wood were spotted driving out of the forest at high speeds.
The trees are believed to have been cut from the Karura Forest that has been under conservation for years. Despite the efforts by environmentalists to protect the forest from human destruction, some people have found a way to penetrate to the interior and cut down trees while the government watches.
This video emerges just a few days after some details emerged that there were plans to cut down old trees in Karura and replace them with new ones. This was however seen as a plan to legalize tree cutting for personal gains for some individuals in the government.
Karura Forest is the main carbon sink for Nairobi county and if it is destroyed the city would be greatly affected. There is need for the government to take action and stop this illegal cutting of trees to protect the forest. The forest also holds the memory of Prof Wangari Maathai who was a big environmentalist and a Nobel peace prize winner.
By Nairobi