The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Forestry Commission, Dr Hugh Brown, has reiterated the need for the commission to be given paramilitary status to help protect the country’s forest resources and guarantee the security of its field staff.
He stressed that when the commission was made a paramilitary entity and allowed to use advanced weapons, forest and resource guards would be more secure and empowered to clamp down on the activities of criminal elements such as illegal miners, poachers, illegal loggers, and illegal chainsaw operators, who were killing and maiming field officers of the commission.
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