Fruity city project kicks off to tackle climate challenge

Nairobi Meropolitan Services (NMS) Gender, Youth and ICT Advisor Jane Kagiri (right) with Kenya Forestry Research Institute Regional Director, Dr Eston Mutiti during the launch of Fruit City Initiative at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital in Nairobi, in this photo taken on Wednesday, November 17 2021. The initiative seeks to plant fruit trees in all public institutions [Christopher Gisiri, Standard]

Kenya needs to plant two billion trees to attain 10 per cent tree cover.

Dr Eston Mutitu, Regional Director and Chief Research Scientist, Kenya Forestry Research Institute (Kefri) said the trees will ensure a better and wealthy environment that will help mitigate climate change.