Kisumu targets 10,000 trees ahead of Mazingira Day celebrations
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Kisumu County is targeting to plant more than 10,000 trees during this year’s Mazingira Day celebrations at Koguta Forest in Nyakach Sub-County, as part of efforts to boost forest cover and promote environmental conservation.
The initiative forms part of the government’s national tree-growing programme, which seeks to increase Kenya’s forest cover while strengthening environmental protection and improving solid waste management.
Speaking ahead of the celebrations, NEMA Kisumu County Director Leonard Ofula said the county had partnered with Equity Bank, the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) and the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Project, among other stakeholders, to conduct a city clean-up and tree-planting exercise.
