President William Ruto has finally re-introduced Uhuru’s Kazi Mtaani initiative and given it a new name and designated new roles for those who will be engaging in the initiative.
Speaking during a National Youth Service (NYS) pass-out ceremony in Gilgil, the Head of State directed that Kazi Mtaani be rebranded to a new name, that is Climate Work Mtaani to replace the previous initiative.
According to the President, the programme will be managed by the NYS officers as supervisors and will focus on greening Kenya and promoting environmental sustainability.
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“I want to also announce that NYS will be supervising the cohort of young people that we will be recruiting under our climate work Mtaani initiative,” the President announced in Nakuru.
The President directed that the youths in the programme will engage in more environmental components, i.e planting 15 billion trees as part of Kenya’s commitment to combating global warming and enhancing ecological balance.
“This program is designed to bring more young people into the space of greening Kenya, managing our environmental sustainability, and making sure that we respond to matters of climate change using the climate action initiatives that we have in place.”
The President also instructed the minister responsible for NYS to collaborate with ministers in charge of the environment, housing, and defence ministries in enhancing the project.
“I am instructing the minister responsible for NYS to work with ministers responsible for environment, housing and defence for them to provide leadership under this initiative as we focus on growing 15 billion trees as our response to matters of climate change.”