[PHOTOS] Administrators, chiefs join locals in tree planting

National Administration Officers and citizens from different parts of the country have taken part in the national tree-planting exercise.

During the Monday exercise, locals were issued with tree seedlings by their chiefs with most of the exercise at the nearby forests.

Residents of Golini location in Kwale, Mbita in Homa Bay and Mandera are among those who braved the weather to plant trees.

Individuals also engaged in the exercise, with Mandera County Commissioner Amos Mariba planting 20 tree seedlings at his residence.

On Sunday, Interior PS Raymond Omollo and his Forestry counterpart Githonga Mugambi directed chiefs to spearhead the tree-planting activities in their localities.

"Chiefs will take charge of coordinating the distribution of seedlings and mobilizing residents in their localities to actively participate," they said in a statement.

The government’s goal is to plant 150 million trees by the end of Monday’s exercise.

This, they said, is to ensure the success of the "crucial exercise" and to capitalize on the opportunity up to the grassroots.

The government's goal is have 150 million trees planted by the end of Monday's exercise.