Kake II traditional council chair, others arrested for selling Forest Reserve land

By DANIELA NEBA NGUM Over 300 women from Ekombe and Kake II Bokoko on June 21 staged a protest march over the decision taken by the chairman of the Kake II traditional council to evacuate all those farming within the confines of Southern Bakundu Forest Reserve. According to these women they have been deprived of their source of livelihood. They lamented that non-elites of their villages have been favoured over them to farm on the reserve on a temporal basis. This, they said, happens upon a payment of a fee to the Chairman of the traditional council. They also noted…