Following Kenya president’s ambitious target to increase Kenya’s forest cover, the Kenya Prisons Service (KPS) is boosting the plan by making available 2.1 million seedlings.
President William Ruto had recently launched a tree restoration programme at Ngong Hills Forest on December 21 to kick-start the plan of planting 15 billion trees by 2030 as part of efforts to curb the country’s exposure to climate change.
To support the programme, Prisons said 100,000 seedlings are ready for free. Prisons boss Brigadier (Retired) John Warioba added that two million tree seedlings are available for partners and stakeholders at a subsidised cost.
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The plan which is to grow Kenya’s cover from less than 10 percent to around 30 percent, is an initiative that will help combat the effects of climate change, which has unleashed calamities such as droughts, floods, unpredictable rainfall patterns and disease and pest outbreaks.
The State will rely on public administrators to plant at least 3,000 trees weekly to achieve the ambitious plan that is part of the country’s Vision 2030 which targets to move Kenya to a middle-income nation.
To lead by example, the President also planted 56 trees to mark his 56th birthday.
