The government is accelerating planting of more than 2 billion trees to raise the national forest cover from 7.2 per cent to 10. He spoke in Eldoret during an inspection tour of Eldoret Arboretum with Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago. “We have a strategy in place for achieving the 10 per cent tree cover by 2022. Each has been given a target of planting more than 43 million trees as part of the collective efforts to get to 10 per cent tree cover. We will also expand the Sosiani Park in the town,” Mandago said.

Source: The Star March 14, 2021 18:56 UTC