Prime Minister Raila Odinga (centre), Nobel Peace laureate Wangari
Maathai (left) and Molo MP Joseph Kiuna (right) head to the site of the
tree-planting drive in Kaptunga, Molo in the Mau Forest complex on
January 15, 2010. The PM will plant tress in the forest on April 22,
2010. Photo/FILE
By PMPS
Posted Tuesday, April 20 2010 at 10:54
Posted Tuesday, April 20 2010 at 10:54
Prime Minister Raila Odinga
will Thursday lead another round of tree planting in the Mau Forest.
The event, which will be part of the commemoration
of the 2010 World Earth Day, is expected to start at 10 a.m. at Songi
Kaboyet in Eastern Mau.
The US
Ambassador to Kenya Mr Michael Ranneberger is among those expected to
participate in the tree planting drive.
Mr Odinga last event in the Mau was in January when
he led other Kenyans in a tree planting drive at Kaptunga in Molo.
The PM is once again appealing to Kenyans and
friends of Kenya to turn out and support the exercise which he says is
another step in the long journey to restore Kenya's environment.
The first round of tree planting targeted 20,000
seedlings as part of reclaiming the Mau, the country's largest water
tower.