Two people were shot dead while another sustained serious gunshot wounds following a violent confrontation between residents of Mukolusu village and officers from the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) in Shinyalu Sub-county, Kakamega County. The incident reportedly began after a disagreement over the route a lorry ferrying building sand from a nearby depot was to use
Kenya Forest Service has responded to petition doing rounds online, urging the public to sign up and support a reverse to recent changes to direct all gate charges and other fees at Karura Forest to be made through the eCitizen platform. In a statement of September 13, KFS noted that the e petition is urging