By Richard Kabaraji
Teachers in Trans Nzoia County on Thursday celebrated the World Teachers Day day by planting thousands of trees.
Each teacher from across the county planted thirty trees.
Speaking in Kiungani, Kiminini Sub County during the event, County Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Director Catherine Nekesa said that the move aims at implementing the directive by the President to plant more than 15 billion trees by 2030.
She also noted that the teachers were leading their students by example.
“We want to show this young Kenyans that planting of trees is national duty and they should do it to replenish our depleted forests,” said Nekesa.
Area Kenya Primary Schools Heads Association (KEPSHA) chairperson Steven Makari said they had taken up the directive by the President to ensure that all schools are green with 40,000 seedlings being availed to be planted across schools in the area.
“We want our environment to be green and that is why we are undertaking the exercise during our celebrations with Trans Nzoia Nzoia being expected to plant 189,000 tree seedlings,” Makari said.
Climate change mitigation
On his part, County Education Director Kirimi Miriti noted that it is only through such mitigation measures that this country will tackle climate change.
“We have drawn a timetable for the schools to follow and in three years Trans Nzoia will be green,” be said.
In the neighbouring Trans Nzoia West Sub County, education stakeholders joined locals at Chepkoilel Primary School where a similar exercise undertaken.
Speaking to the press, Kitale School Principal David Luganda lauded the move urging it not to be annually but monthly in abid to teach pupils the importance of environment management.
“Let’s put our efforts together and make sure we raise a generation that knows how to care for their environment,” Luganda said.
