Trans Nzoia;Teachers plant thousands of trees in a bid to mitigate climate change!
“We want to show young Kenyans that planting trees is a National duty”
Pupils and teachers planting trees in different parts of Trans Nzoia county
By Richard Kabaraji
Teachers in Trans Nzoia county Thursday celebrated the world teachers day by planting thousands of trees across the county .
Speaking in Kiungani, Kiminini sub county, TSC director Catherine Nekesa says that the move aims at implementing the directive by the president to plant more than 15 million trees by 2030 and they were leading their students by example.
“We want to show young Kenyans that planting trees is a National duty and they should do it to replenish our depleted forests,” said Nekesa.
Area KEPSHA chair Steven Makari says that they have taken up the directive by the president to ensure that all schools are green with forty thousands seedlings being availed for planting across schools in the area.
“We want our environment to be green and that is the reason we are undertaking the exercise during our celebrations , Trans Nzoia count is expected to plant 189,000 tree seedlings.”
On his part education director Kirimi Miriti has noted that it is only through such mitigation measures that this country will tackle climate change.
“We have drawn a timetable for the schools to follow and in three years Trans nzoia will be green.”
In the neighbouring Trans Nzoia west education stakeholders joined locals at Chepkoilel primary where a similar exercise was being undertaken.
Speaking to the press Kitale school principal David Luganda has lauded the move urging it not to be annually but monthly in abid to teach pupils the importance of environment management.
“Let’s put our efforts together and make sure we raise a generation that knows how to care for their environment.”
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