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NIC group managing director John Gachora. FILE PHOTO | NMG
NIC Bank has urged leaders in government and corporate entities
to institutionalise measures they take which make a difference in life
across Kenya.
NIC board of directors chairman James
Ndegwa said this is the only way to cement the gains made across the
government and in the corporate sector.
“We commend the
late Natural Resources Minister John Michuki for restoring the riparian
green cover along Nairobi River and raising the red flag over forest
degradation.
But after he left, everything collapsed into wanton environmental degradation as we see it today,” he said.
Speaking
during the NIC bank-led ‘Change the Story’ campaign at Michuki Forest
in Nairobi, Mr Ndegwa proposed inclusion of a mandatory practical
environmental learning programme for schoolchildren in the curriculum to
nurture a lifelong commitment to environmental protection.
Environment
Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko invited corporate entities to adopt
various forests for afforestation, saying once planted, tree seedlings
must be nurtured into maturity.
“We invite corporate
entities and others to help us raise 25 million seedlings for planting
during the National Tree Planting Day but be prepared to make follow-ups
for every tree you plant to ensure its success,” he said.
The
NIC-sponsored event saw 1,000 indigenous tree seedlings planted at
Michuki Forest in addition to 4,000 tree seedlings that NIC staff and
their partners planted at Kibiko Forest, Kajiado County.
NIC’s
group managing director John Gachora invited other corporate entities
to join the conversation saying Kenyans must reverse environmental
degradation by planting trees within their communities, their farms and
in public forests.
“NIC will donate a tree for every
account opened and we shall also engage our customers in creating
awareness on the need to restore green cover,” he said.
Saying
the environmental regeneration campaign should be all inclusive, Mr
Ndegwa said NIC Bank would continue investing in projects that improve
Kenyans health, education and in improving the environment.
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