Principal Administrative Secretary in the office of Prime Cabinet Secretary, Juliana Yiapan, has led members of the public and pupils in planting 1000 tree seedlings at Ole Sankale Primary School in Narok Central Sub County.
The trees planted included 500 fruit seedlings and 500 indigenous trees that had been donated by the Kenya Forest Service (KFS).
Alongside Deputy County Commissioner Kennedy Mwangome and other officers, Yiapan emphasised to residents the significance of tree planting for environmental conservation and climate change mitigation.
Being an Alumni of the school, the Administrative Secretary advised young learners to care for the seedlings through mulching and watering until they mature.
“The trees will create beautiful scenery at the school compound. They will be a home of several bird species and produce fruits that will complement the daily diet,” she said.
Furthermore, the administrator also took the opportunity to encourage the learners, and especially the girl child, to work hard in school to be professionals in future.
“I was in this school several years ago. I later transited to Narok high school, which was a mixed school those days. Today, I am working as a Principal Administrative Secretary. You too are capable of becoming what you want in future if you work hard in school,” she underscored.
On the other hand, Narok Central Sub County Deputy County Commissioner Kennedy Mwangome asked the residents to make it a culture to plant trees to curb the effects of climate change, thus observing multiple benefits of trees among them attracting rainfall, reducing flash floods, breaking the speed of wind and providing homes for several species of birds.
Meanwhile, the students who spoke during the function promised to carry on with the culture of planting trees and thanked the day’s guests for being role models to the young learners.
This Friday, Kenya marked Mazingira day, under the theme ‘Citizen-Centric Tree Growing and Environmental Stewardship’.
The day being a national commemoration of the shared responsibility to safeguard the environment also advances the presidential campaign to grow 15 billion trees by 2032.
By Ann Salaton
