Relief and despair: repeal of logging ban divides Kenya

It's the news Kenya's timber industry waited over five years to hear: the ban on logging is over, and saw mills are back in business. The idle machines are buzzing again, and the thousands of laid off loggers can return to work. But conservationists are dismayed by the news. They accuse President William Ruto, who both imposed and lifted the ban, of hypocrisy, and have taken their case to court, winning a temporary reprieve. SOUNDBITES