First Lady Rachel Ruto leads planting of 4,000 indigenous trees in Kitale

First Lady Rachel Ruto when she participated in sweeping of Kitale streets. [Osinde Obare, Standard]

First Lady Rachel Ruto has called on Kenyans to embrace growing trees in order to promote the government's agenda to plant 15 billion trees in the next 10 years.

Speaking in Kitale, Trans Nzoia County where she led in the planting of 4,000 trees donated by the Kenya Seed Company and the Kenya Forest Service, Rachael stressed the need to take care of the trees after planting to ensure total maturity.