{"id":1478,"date":"2026-03-11T11:07:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:07:19","slug":"hands-off-karuragovernment-dismisses-forest-grab-claims-says-only-3-acres-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=1478","title":{"rendered":"Hands Off Karura!Government Dismisses \u2018Forest Grab\u2019 Claims, Says Only 3 Acres Involved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<strong><em>Hands Off Karura!\u201d Government Dismisses \u2018Forest Grab\u2019 Clai<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1479\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1479\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260310-WA0322-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260310-WA0322-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260310-WA0322-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260310-WA0322-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260310-WA0322.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Isaac Mwaura, Government Spokesperson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\"><strong>GOVERNMENT DISMISSES CLAIMS OF KARURA FOREST GRAB<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>By Jeff Kizzilah\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The government has strongly dismissed claims circulating on social media and other platforms alleging the grabbing or destruction of land within Karura Forest, terming the reports misleading and inaccurate.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Speaking to the press in Mombasa on Tuesday, Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura said some individuals have been exaggerating and misleading the public about activities taking place within the forest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dr. Mwaura clarified that the land in question measures only three acres and forms part of an existing nursery under the Tree Biotechnology Programme Trust.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the land is not newly acquired forest land, and that the ongoing activity does not involve cutting down trees or clearing new sections of the forest.<\/p>\n<p>According to the government spokesperson, the work currently underway is the rehabilitation and improvement of infrastructure on land that had already been designated for the tree nursery program.<\/p>\n<p>The government has urged the public to ignore misleading information and rely on official communication from relevant authorities regarding environmental conservation and the management of public resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHands Off Karura!\u201d Government Dismisses \u2018Forest Grab\u2019 Clai GOVERNMENT DISMISSES CLAIMS OF KARURA FOREST GRABBy Jeff Kizzilah\u00a0 The government has strongly dismissed claims circulating on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-updates","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1480,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478\/revisions\/1480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}