{"id":6850,"date":"2023-11-07T12:53:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T12:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/involvement.co.ke\/?p=6850"},"modified":"2023-11-07T12:53:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T12:53:04","slug":"cs-kithure-kindiki-proclaims-monday-november-13-to-be-a-public-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/2023\/11\/07\/cs-kithure-kindiki-proclaims-monday-november-13-to-be-a-public-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"CS Kithure Kindiki Proclaims Monday, November 13 to be a Public Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Janet Wambua<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kenya\u2019s Interior Cabinet Secretary, Prof. Kithure Kidniki, has announced an extraordinary day of action. November 13, 2023, will be a public holiday to encourage widespread participation in a nationwide tree-planting campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This remarkable initiative is part of President William Ruto\u2019s ambitious plan to grow 10 billion trees by 2032. In a bid to address the pressing issue of Climate Change, and restore the nation\u2019s ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Public Holidays Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration declares Monday, 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0November, 2023, a public holiday in which the public shall be engaged in tree growing countrywide,\u201d as detailed in part of the notice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Professor Kindiki, in an official gazette notice issued on November 6, stated that the President,(Dr.) William Samoei Ruto, would take the lead in this significant tree-planting initiative. It\u2019s not just a one-location event, the tree planting initiative will span across all 47 counties, with Cabinet Secretaries and Governors presiding over the ceremonies with the expectation that every Kenyan Citizen will actively participate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe exercise is part of Kenya\u2019s Landscape and Ecosystem Restoration Programme\u2013Towards the Growing of Fifteen (15) billion trees. There will be a designated National venue for the tree planting presided over by His Excellency (Dr.) William Samoei Ruto.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The decision to declare November 13 a public holiday stems from the Cabinet\u2019s gathering in Mombasa on November 3, 2023, where the urgent need to combat the devastating impacts of climate change was discussed and acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s a day for environmental action, this unique holiday is a chance for all Kenyans to contribute to the country\u2019s Landscape and Ecosystem Restoration Programme, aiming to grow a total of fifteen billion trees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a bid to make Kenya a greener place, come November 13,2023, Kenyans will come together to enhance their nation\u2019s environmental sustainability, planting trees one at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Janet Wambua &nbsp; Kenya\u2019s Interior Cabinet Secretary, Prof. Kithure Kidniki, has announced an extraordinary day of action. November 13, 2023, will be a public holiday to encourage widespread participation in a nationwide tree-planting campaign. &nbsp; This remarkable initiative is part of President William Ruto\u2019s ambitious plan to grow 10 billion trees by 2032. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}