KIE donates tree seedlings to Malava school, rallies students for ambassador role

Learners should be given opportunity to be tree planting ambassadors in their respective institutions f learning, the Kenya Industrial Estate (KIE) has stated.

This will see the 15 Billion trees target set by the Kenya Kwanza government attained by the 2032.

The KIE regional manager Rhoda Adolwa while conducting the tree planting exercise at Friends Malava Comprehensive School, stressed the need to have school going children be actively involved in nature conservation through encouraging them to participate in tree planting exercise.

Schools and other institutions of learning are the best places to initiate this massive tree planting exercise as it will encourage the learners to take up the practice to their homes and also embrace it fully as they will have known its importance.

She said the country had a target that needs to be attained that once reached will restore its forest cover.

“Kenya Industrial Estate, Kakamega county branch has visited both Amalemba and Malava Comprehensive schools in both Lurambi and Malava constituencies where we have donated 500 trees per school for planting purposes as part of 1500 trees to be planted this financial year, and we are optimistic that next year we will grow our target to cover a wider area,” she said.

She hinted that they were keen on greening the county as trees were important as they are a symbol of growth besides being a key component of environmental safety and its protection was part of their corporate social responsibilities.

She added that they were also supporting small and micro enterprises improve their businesses including putting up tree nurseries among other environmental safety programmes.

The Friends Malava comprehensive school principal Evans Mmera, while receiving the delegation, lauded the exercise as it was in line with mitigating the aspects of climate change.

“We are honored to be considered for this occasion and as the Kenya Industrial Estate team visits to engage us in tree planting exercise, we as a school have our own target of planting 2,000 trees this year and already, we have planted 500 and by July our nursery seedlings will be ready for transplanting and I want to encourage more stakeholders to partner with us in greening our county, “he noted.