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

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...