Interior PS Raymond Omollo leads planting of 10,000 trees in Marsabit

The day kicked off with 10,000 trees planted, and aim to reach the yearly target of 100,000 trees. 

The county is among those classified as having the lowest tree cover of about 2% and forest cover of 1.17%. 

PS Omollo was accompanied by representatives from the private sector and international organizations supporting climate action in the country including William Asiko Rockerfeller Foundation Vice President, Africa region office and Eric Munga - United Nations Office at Nairobi among others.

President Ruto launched the tree-growing exercise at Kiu Wetland in Makindu, Makueni County.

At the County level, tree growing activities were spearheaded by Cabinet Secretaries with each championing tree growing activities in at least two counties.

National Government Administrative Officers (NGAOs) will be supporting the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry in coordinating the exercise which is part of Kenya’s Landscape and Ecosystem Restoration Programme – towards the growing of 15 billion trees. 

The government is aiming to plant at least 100 million seedlings on Monday across the country with the national target for the short rains season being 500 million seedlings.