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Saving Chepalungu Forest: KFS engages communities to restore Chepalungu Forest

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June 14, 2026
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Chepalungu Forest in Bomet County once fell victim not to strangers, but to the very community it had sustained for generations. In the aftermath of the disputed 2007 presidential election, anger spilled over and the forest became an unlikely casualty. What followed was widespre

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