{
  "id": 5492908,
  "title": "Ministry rejects claims of lawful excision of 443-hectare Mau Forest parcel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/ministry-rejects-claims-of-lawful-excision-of-443-hectare-mau-forest",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T04:24:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/ministry-rejects-claims-of-lawful-excision-of-443-hectare-mau-forest-parcel"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry has rejected claims that a 443-hectare section of the Southwestern Mau Forest in Kericho County was legally excised for human settlement. The ministry told the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Lands that the disputed parcel, identified as LR No. 25005 (Kericho/Samburet), remains protected public land despite years […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}