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After fighting doping in sports, ADAK now joins fight against deforestation

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ADAK CEO Sarah Shibutse (left) during the tree planting session in Kakamega.[Washington Onyango,Standard]

The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) on Saturday embarked on a tree planting exercise where over 1000 trees were planted in response to the global call for action to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation with consensus to restore at least 30% of the degraded terrestrial and marine ecosystems by 2030.

Guided by the African Landscape Restoration Initiative and the National Tree Growing and Restoration Campaign that was launched by President William Ruto awhile back, ADAK CEO Sarah Shibutse said the intuitions saw it fit to plant trees in order to meet the expectations of the president and nature.

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