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October 27, 2025
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Ruto Bans Furniture Imports, Reopens Logging in Mau Forest

Ruto Bans Furniture Imports, Reopens Logging in Mau Forest

The President said that Kenya has enough resources to produce its own furniture without the support of other countries...

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President William Ruto has announced a ban on all furniture imports into Kenya and ordered the reopening of logging activities in the Mau Forest Complex, permitting the cutting of only mature trees. This move aims to boost local manufacturing and create employment opportunities.

  • The directive instructs Trade Cabinet Secretary, Lee Kinyanjui, to implement the import ban immediately.
  • The government plans to establish new wood-processing factories and begin selling mature trees to local sawmillers from next week.
  • This decision follows the lifting of a six-year logging ban, with ambitions to plant 15 billion trees within 10 years.

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