Locals say the tree has for long been a menace and has over time affected the growth of Indigenous trees.

The aggressive colonization by Mathenge has led to the loss of farmlands and pastures, impoverishing agro-pastoral communities, altering river flows,...

Hussein Jillo, a Merti resident, said the species were contributing to a reduction in pastures and changing the flow of water in River Ewaso Nyiro whi...

Mathenge trees, which burst into the limelight during the 1997 El-Nino rains, are evergreen plants that multiply fast while colonising other plants, l...

Forestry experts from KEFRI and Kenya Forest Service presented strategies to manage the Mathenge tree to officials led by Cabinet Secretary for Enviro...