
Kenyans should heed President William Ruto’s call to plant 15 billion trees by 2030, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula says.
Dr Wetangula, the chief guest at Mount Kenya University’s (MKU’s) Graduation Ceremony today, says tree-planting is one of the effective ways to tackle the climate change crisis.
MKU is set to graduate more than 6,000 students in today’s ceremony, and the theme of the day focuses on how to stem climate change.
In echoing the presidential call for the country to plant more trees, Dr Wetangula is addressing the graduation theme, “Embracing Law, Science and Technology for Advancement of Climate Change Interventions”.

The Speaker says the country needs to adopt a variety of strategies to keep climate change in check and reduce its negative effects on people.
He calls for the deployment of Science, Technology and Innovation in applying sustainable interventions, terming it “an obligation to all governments and their agencies across the world.” He then stresses: “We all must take responsibility.”
Dr. Wetangula appeals to all stakeholders to contribute solutions to mitigate climate change challenges. He says that to achieve success, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), institutions of higher learning, business communities, professional bodies, and all other stakeholders, should work together.
He lauds the research being done by universities to address the policy gaps in environmental education. He says such research is vital in promoting behaviour change, which is critical to reversing climate change effects.