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Kenya Forest Service (KFS) board chairman Peter Kinyua yesterday told MPs that his wife runs a restaurant situated in the middle of Karura Forest. Mr Kinyua told members of the National Assembly's ...
“The Kenya Forest Service Board of Directors, during its 61st meeting held on March 26, 2024, considered and approved your request for 51.64 acres of wayleave in Karura Forest for the dualling ...
KFS chair faces EACC probe over wife’s Karura hotel Monday, May 07, 2018 — updated on December 27, 2020 - 3 min read Kenya Forest Service chairman Peter Kinyua.
KFS board chairman on the spot over café in middle of Karura Sunday, July 28, 2019 — updated on September 24, 2020 - 3 min read The River Café inside Karura forest on July 26, 2019.
A signpost showing the U.N. road (Crescent) that passes through the forest. Photo credit: Protus Onyango. The founder of Kenya’s GreenBelt Movement, Wangari Maathai, won the Nobel Peace Prize in ...
Visitors to Kenya now have the freedom to explore Karura Forest, something that would not have been possible had plans for residential and commercial developments in the forest a few years ago ...
Karura Forest has an area of 1,063ha, making it the largest gazetted forest in Nairobi. The others are Ngong Forest, Ololua Forest and Nairobi Arboretum.
In 1997, I had written to the minister of Environment and Natural Resources to protest at the deforestation of Ngong and South Western Mau forests, as well as of Karura Forest.
The Norwegian crown prince Haakon Magnus in Karura with, Wanjira Maathai, CCF Julius Kamau and other officials on Thursday, November 24, 2022. The Norwegian crown prince Haakon Magnus is in Kenya ...
Boogertman Wins Competition to Design Educational Centre in Kenya's Karura Forest. April 19, 2014. Visualisation (day). Image Courtesy of Boogertman + Partners.