The Kenya Forest Service struggled for nine days to tame the wildfire in Mt Kenya because of inaccessibility and the apparent lack of firefighting equipment. On Thursday last week, Environment CS Keriako Tobiko toured parts of Mt Kenya Forest affected by the fire. He praised private companies for helping overwhelmed authorities. People have to look at the strength of private companies. There is no doubt that some of those private sector companies had equipment and skills," he said.

Source: The Star March 05, 2019 03:45 UTC