Government declares Friday, May 10 a public holiday to honour flood victims
Published on: May 08, 2024 11:49 (EAT)
An Initiative to plant 10 million trees to rehabilitate Mau forest. Photo/Green Belt Movement
Friday, May 10, has been gazetted as a public holiday to mark the National Tree Growing Day.
In a notice seen by Citizen Digital, the day will also be set to remember Kenyans who have died from the nationwide floods
Interior CS Kithure Kindiki said that the day will help address climate change as "tree growing is the singular long-term solution to the climate crisis and its devastating effects on life and livelihoods."
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