The US Government is keen on supporting our ongoing ecosystem restoration efforts with a special interest in restoration of the Mau Forest Complex because of the ecosystem’s immense national and trans-boundary importance as the genesis of key rivers and source of livelihood for millions of households in Kenya and the region.

The support will include mobilization, coordination and onboarding of partners interested in the Kenya Government-led restoration activities including boundary delineation and fencing of critical water towers and catchment areas across the country.

Cabinet Secretary Hon Soipan Tuya yesterday met H.E Meg Whitman, US Ambassador to Kenya, to discuss Kenya’s broad landscapes and ecosystem restoration agenda that includes the 15bn national tree growing program which seeks to raise the country’s tree cover from 12% to 30% by 2032.

In the ongoing short rains season, the government and the Ministry of Environment has also set a target of planting about 500,000 Million trees across the country.

Hon. Soipan, PSs Gitonga and Ng’eno have been leading tree planting exercises in the past one month in a bid to help the country reach this goal as the rains continue.

The Cabinet Secretary was accompanied to the bilateral meeting at the US Embassy in Nairobi by Forestry PS Mr. Gitonga Mugambi and Kenya’s Climate Envoy Mr. Ali Mohamed among other Senior Gov’t officials.