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An uprooted baobab tree in Kenya being exported to Georgia. November, 2022. Image: Kevin Odit / Nation Media Group.
Bidzina Ivanishvili

Ivanishvili-linked dendrological park blasts opposition over death of Kenyan baobab trees

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All eight baobab trees imported from Kenya to the Ivanishvili-founded Shekvetili Dendrological Park have died, with the park blaming the opposition United National Movement (UNM). In a sharply-worded statement on Friday, the park rebuked what it called ‘ambushing politicos’ and ‘so-called non-governmental organisations’ for raising the alarm over Ivanishvili’s apparent quest to acquire baobab trees from Kenya’s Kilifi region. This turned the issue into an ‘ideological battleground on African c

A photo reportedly taken on 20 November showing an uprooted baobab tree ready for export to Georgia Photo: Kebin Odit via Nairobi News.
Bidzina Ivanishvili

Kenya blocks export of baobab trees to Georgia citing ‘irregularities’

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Kenyan authorities have moved to block the ‘uprooting and transportation’ of eight baobab trees to Georgia, after the government said that a license to uproot them was issued ‘irregularly’. In a statement on Monday, Kenya’s Minister of Environment and Forestry, Roselinda Soipan Tuya, said she had revoked a license to transport the trees that had already been uprooted, while a license to uproot the trees had also been revoked. Documents from the Kenyan Forestry Service seen by OC Media sugges

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