Raila to push on with Mau drive

And Mr Kutuny said: “No MP from Rift Valley has been invited... We could have attended if we were sure the President will be present... to tell him our feelings. Mau Forest is the largest indigenous forest in East Africa and the country’s most important water tower, covering 270,000 hectares, a huge chunk of which has been destroyed over the years.

Among the rivers that originate from the forest are Ewaso Ng’iro, Sondu, Mara and Njoro, which feed several lakes in Rift Valley and Western Kenya, among them Lakes Victoria, Nakuru and even Natron in Tanzania.