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Sh10.5 billion ploy: Experts now cast doubts on Ruto's ambitious 15 billion trees push

Education CS Migos Ogamba receives a tree from Kenya Forest Service officers at Kenyoro Primary School in Kisii County. This is in line with the Presidential Directive on increasing Kenya’s tree cover as a key pathway to combating climate change.[Courtesy]

Doubts have emerged over the viability of the government’s programme to plant 15 billion trees by 2032.

As the country marked the third annual Mazingira Day, it emerged that in just one day, the government could have spent at least Sh10.5 billion to procure 71.14 million tree seedlings across the country.

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