The move to fence off Kakamega Forest is meant to ward off encroachments. The collaborative exercise will involve the Kenya Forest Service, the counties of Kakamega and Vihiga, the Rhino Ark Charitable Trust and Kenya Wildlife Service. Kenya Forest Service chief conservator Julius Kamau said the forest is a remnant of the rainforest that stretched across Central Africa. It was then gazetted as a forest reserve in 1941 under the management of Forest Department – now KFS. The forest comprises of Kakamega Forest Reserve (19,675 ha) that includes Kakamega Forest Station (15,984 ha) and Kibiri Forest Station (3,691 ha); and the Kakamega National Reserve (4,468 ha).

Source: The Star March 12, 2020 19:18 UTC