Environmentalist Elizabeth Wathuti has explained why a tree that was planted in memory of late Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai was cut down. I left my place of work with a mission to replace the tree that was cut down," she said. "I got almost 10 leads but at least I was lucky to find out that the tree stump was near City Park," she said. Declining to name the institution that cut the tree, Wathuti gave reasons to why the institution was forced to put down the 'Maathai tree'. The institution has planted eight tree seedlings along the same line where the tree was cut as a replacement for the same.

Source: The Star February 27, 2019 10:37 UTC