From talking to tasking, the Greening of Nairobi East; A KCDN Initiative
If you look at the enclosed pictures, do you have a feeling that something is wrong?
This is the canal that passes through Komarock. It is a cemented canal and as you can see, the cement is not visible. It has been out grown by weeds and dirt clogs the whole stretch of the canal. It suffers from massive neglect.
On 5th September 2009, we are mobilizing the school children, the youth and the residents and Friends of KCDN to come together for what we have been calling, ‘From talking to tasking, the Greening of Nairobi East; a KCDN Initiative’.
We have invited the Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources, Hon John N Michuki, to be our Guest of Honour on this day. He will give the key note speech in a ceremony that we will host at the grounds next to our offices at Komarock Phase 2 at the shopping centre at 8am on the same day [5th September 2009]. He will be accompanied by our partner guests from companies and institutions that will come forward to support this Initiative.
We are in discussions with institutions and Friends of KCDN to give us the ware withal to clean this canal and to plant trees along the same. We are also encouraging the school children to each plant a tree at their homes on the same day and become personally responsible for its growth, safety and watering. This will be part of their social responsibility to the society.
We have for a long time been pushing the companies for support through their Corporate Social Responsibility Departments without putting in our own personal efforts. We are happy that we have so far received positive responses from Total Kenya Ltd and Green Belt Movement. UNEP is still undecided but we hope to work with them in this programme of conserving our environment. Several companies will be reverting to us in due course.
We are also in discussions with the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife Services and the City Council of Nairobi.
The rains have failed us for so long to an extent that we must do something. We must move from the preconceived ideas that the rains fall in April and that is the time we should plant trees. If this was true, then the dams could not be drying up?
It simply means that the rains have not been there and we must task ourselves with the responsibility of managing our environment the best way we can. This will also call for massive civic education to all those who clog our canals and rivers, those who destroy our forests for quick monetary gains, and those who clear the bushes out of curiosity in the spirit of cleaning the environment.
Time has come when we must each galvanize someone into action. Together with Friends of KCDN, we will be pushing this Initiative and on a yearly basis, we will be coming together to do something in support of our environment. We must engage and talk less.
To the many Friends of KCDN, to the institutions, to the corporates, we invite and appreciate your continued support.
Many thanks and our blessings,
Odhiambo T Oketch,
CEO KCDN Nairobi.
Tel; 0735 529 126, 0724 365 557,
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