Vihiga County
Vihiga has launched the County Climate Change Bill 2025, providing a framework for tackling the effects of climate change.
Governor Wilberforce Ottichilo said the Act outlines modalities for mobilizing finances and facilitating communities and other stakeholders to effectively respond to matters of climate change and the attendant challenges.
He said his administration has prioritized tree planting, contour farming along the slopes as well as soil erosion control to ensure environmental conservation and protection.
Dr Ottichilo said the climate change issue is a global concern, which has made it imperative for governments and other players to join hands to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Murang’a County
A Murang’a water company has launched an environment conservation programme, ‘Linda Mazigira’ targeting to plant more than three million tree seedlings.
In the programme, Murang’a Water and Sanitation Company (Muwasco) is collaborating with other stakeholders to distribute indigenous fruit and ornamental tree seedlings to local communities.
Muwasco Managing Director Engineer Daniel Ng’ang’a said the programme aims to conserve the environment, ensuring there is continuous access to water to be distributed to local households.
“A crucial aspect of the programme is community involvement. Residents, especially those living along riverbanks, have been encouraged to plant trees as a way of conserving water sources and preventing soil erosion,” he said.
To successfully realize the initiative, the MD said Muwasco has established a tree nursery where farmers can access free fruit and indigenous tree seedlings.
Siaya County
Schools and churches in Bondo, Siaya County, have embarked on an environment programme to plant 5,000 trees to mitigate the negative effects of climate change in the sub-county.
In the programme being undertaken by Andiwo Obondo Foundation in partnership with One-acre Fund, more than fifty schools and churches will benefit from 100 tree seedlings each.
The distribution of tree seedlings to schools is in line with the government’s efforts to increase forest cover to 10 percent by the year 2030 and will immediately help Siaya County increase both its forest and tree cover, which are currently under 2 percent and under 4 percent, respectively.
