Migori County today planted more than 100,000 saplings as residents joined other Kenyans to commemorate the second National Tree Growing Day and remember those who lost their lives in the floods.
Local residents, students and teachers mainly from TVET institutions turned out in large numbers to plant saplings during an event that started at Migori Teachers Training College (TTC), led by PS Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Esther Muoria. and participated.
Speaking to the participants shortly after planting several tree saplings at the Migori TTC premises, Dr Muoria urged Kenyans, especially those in the lake area, to move away from the riparian area and leave it behind for the trees to grow. I asked him to leave it.
She stressed the need for all Kenyans to protect the environment and champion the country's development by planting more trees, saying it was the only sure way to make the population safe. .
“It is our responsibility to make this country a better place to live,” she asserted, deploring the deaths of Kenyans who have lost their lives so far as a result of flooding caused by rapid climate change. thought.
Dr Muoria revealed that the ministry has been allocated a target of 50 million trees to plant trees in order to achieve the 15 billion tree plantation target that the central government aims to achieve in 10 years.
She said the challenges of climate change can only be mitigated if all agencies under the ministry work together on tree planting.
Dr. Muoria urged the youth of the country to fully participate in activities to increase forest area in their respective regions and become ambassadors of the tree planting campaign.
The PS also emphasized the need for young people to embrace technical skills. She explained that there are opportunities for qualified people to get good jobs in Kenya and abroad.
She announced that the ministry has launched a program to ensure that young people are sent to work abroad.
County Commissioner David Gitonga announced that Migori County aims to plant 4.5 million trees, but regrets that so far only 1.5 million trees have been planted in the area.
He said the region boasts a 95 per cent survival rate for tree seedlings due to its favorable climate and people should take advantage of this to increase the number of trees on their land.
The CC assured residents that security agencies in the region will ensure that riparian areas and existing rivers around Lake Victoria are free from human activities other than forest cover.
Written by George Aguimba
