Tobiko, who was speaking at Kabaro Forest Station in Nyeri after an aerial tour of Kenya Water Towers in Central Kenya, said the agency could collect more revenue if its operations were more funded by Treasury, especially in the area of forests surveillance. ALSO READ: CS nominee's upbeat as they face vetting“Last year, KFS collected over Sh3 billion from buildings despite the handicap of facilities and manpower,” he noted. KFS revenue mostly comes from the selling of mature plantations to sawmillers, wayleaves fees, eco-lodges charges and permits fees among others. Tobiko pledged to lobby the Treasury to increase funding to the forest agency which is a custodian to Kenya natural environment. KFS supports the Timber industry which directly and indirectly supports over 500,000 Kenyans and forms the backbone of Kenya construction industry.

Source: Standard Digital February 27, 2018 06:00 UTC