Police Take Lead In Conservation Efforts As Over 14,000 Trees Are Planted In Kiganjo College
Tana Water Works Development Agency chairman Wanyaga Gathaka handing over seedlings to Ms Tessie Mudavadi at National Police Service, Kiganjo campus as Deputy Inspector General Douglas Kanja, Ahadi Trust CEO Dr Stanley Kamau, Commandant Nyale Munga and Nyeri Deputy Governor David Kinaniri among others looks on.
Tana Water Works Development Agency among the institutions that donated trees during occasion that saw visually impaired persons take part in the exercise
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Worth Noting:
- While addressing college staff after the colourful exercise, Ms Mudavadi stated that the collaboration demonstrated the collective commitment of various sectors towards environmental conservation.
- “Planting 15 billion trees is a monumental task and to achieve this within the stipulated timeframe, requires dedication, collaboration and perseverance. As members of the National Police Service, you are aware of the importance of discipline, teamwork and sense of duty. I urge you to bring these qualities to the fore in your participation in this tree restoration project,” she said.
- The Deputy Inspector General in charge of Kenya Police Service, Mr Douglas Kanja, who also graced the occasion, called upon all police officers in the country to plant trees within their stations.
The National Police Service has partnered with non-governmental organizations, Agencies, County governments and local communities among others in mitigating the effects of climate change and desertification by planting trees.
In heeding to the Kenya Kwanza government’s initiative of planting at least 15 billion trees by 2032, the National Police Service, Kiganjo campus fraternity was joined by the spouse to the Prime Cabinet Secretary Tessie Musalia Mudavadi, in planting over 4,000 seedlings within the expansive training college. During the tree planting drive, both exotic and indeginous trees were planted by the college staff, senior officers, Non-Governmental Organisations, agencies and the local community, under the auspices of Ushiriki Wema Initiavite, whose patron is Ms Musalia.
While addressing college staff after the colourful exercise, Ms Mudavadi stated that the collaboration demonstrated the collective commitment of various sectors towards environmental conservation.
“Planting 15 billion trees is a monumental task and to achieve this within the stipulated timeframe, requires dedication, collaboration and perseverance. As members of the National Police Service, you are aware of the importance of discipline, teamwork and sense of duty. I urge you to bring these qualities to the fore in your participation in this tree restoration project,” she said.
The Deputy Inspector General in charge of Kenya Police Service, Mr Douglas Kanja, who also graced the occasion, called upon all police officers in the country to plant trees within their stations.
Mr Kanja who was representing the Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome said that the effects of climate change were a key contributing factor to insecurity especially in bandit prone areas, where warring communities were fighting over scarce resources such as water and pasture.
At the same time, the college commandant Mr Nyale Munga who hosted the team stressed on the importance of environmental conservation, adding that the college had fully embraced the tree planting initiative and had so far planted over 14,000 seedlings.
Visually impaired persons living within the local community also joined the college fraternity in the exercise, further stressing on the need to increase the country’s forest cover, as people living with disabilities bear the biggest brunt of climate change.
Other partners including the Tana Water Works Development Agency, which promised to sink a borehole in the college to aid in the institution’s tree planting efforts, also graced the event.
The Agency Chairman Wanyaga Gathaka donated some trees with a promise that his organisation will provide more seedlings to the college.
Other stakeholders included the County Government of Nyeri which was represented by among others; Deputy Governor David Kinaniri, the Kenya Forest Service, Mudavadi Memorial Foundation Trust Fund, The Ruban Rose Foundation, Go Green Initiative and Ahadi Kenya Trust which was represented by his Chief Executive Officer Dr Stanley Kamau and Director Joseph Mathai.
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