The Attorney General Hon. Justin Muturi led agencies and departments attached to his office in tree planting at Kona Baridi, Ngong Forest Kajiado County.
More than 4,000 seedlings were planted in the event that was largely coordinated by the Kenya Forest Service led by the Chief Conservator of Forests Mr. Alex Lemarkoko
Hon. Muturi was joined by the Cabinet Secretary Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Hon. Soipan Tuya, and the Governor Kajiado County Hon. Ole Lenku.
The event is part of the whole-of-government approach towards attaining 15 billion trees by the year 2032 and, will going forward see Cabinet Secretaries fully participate in growing trees countrywide in approaches spearheaded by Hon. Soipan Tuya.
PS State Department of Forestry Mr. Mugambi Gitonga, and PS State Department of Environment and Climate Change Eng. Festus Ngeno also joined in the event that saw participation from hundreds of staff drawn from the AG’s office, and the Kenya Forest Service among others.
The tree planting exercise is part of the government’s approaches to mitigate the effects of climate change.
The AG committed to visit the site at least once a month as part of monitoring while at the same time engaging with the community.
Mr. Lemarkoko said the Service will ensure all interventions to have the tree growing exercise succeed are in place. He also led the guests to visit several adopted sites in the area that are thriving.
