President William Ruto has lifted the ban on logging to allow for the harvesting of mature trees only in forests countrywide. The President noted that there is need to utilise mature timber for commercial purposes rather than letting it rot in the forest. During a public engagement at the Molo Technical and Vocational College in Elburgon, Molo Constituency in Nakuru County, on Monday, President Ruto said: "We shall reopen the timber factories here in Elburgon. I have told my Minister of Trade, Mr Lee Kinyanjui, that importing furniture from China must end. We will use our wood to make furniture." He added that the government will begin selling mature trees, in all forests across the country, to local sawmillers in the coming weeks.