As the world marked International Day of Forests on Friday, March 21, the celebrations in Meru County were held at Mucheene forest in the upper Imenti Forest Zone, where residents, led by Kenya Forest Service (KFS) officers, National government officials, and other partners, managed to plant at least 132,000 tree seedlings.
According to Meru County Forest Conservator, Wellington Ndaka, 607,000 tree seedlings have so far been planted in the last two weeks in Meru County, and during this rainy season, they are targeting to plant about four million 4 million trees.
Ndaka said that the county has a target of planting at least 37 million trees every year to ensure the realization of President Willaim Ruto's directive of planting 15 billion trees by 2032. "Last year we managed to plant only 24 million trees, which left us with a deficit of 13 million.
This year we are expected to plant 50 million trees as a county," Ndaka said.
