PICTURE: First Lady Mama Rachel Ruto
The First Lady Mama Rachel Ruto, on Monday, launched the Centre of Excellence in Nursery Management at Maasai Mara University, Narok County, in collaboration with the Kenya Forestry Research Institute, with the goal of empowering youth and women to bring about positive change in their communities through tree nursery management.
The centre will provide individuals with the knowledge needed to build sustainable and profitable commercial tree nurseries by providing training and best practices.
Tree nurseries play a vital role in large-scale tree-planting campaigns, and the Centre of Excellence will support the national tree-planting goals by ensuring a steady supply of healthy tree seedlings and saplings.
In addition to the launch of the centre, the First Lady also led a clean-up exercise in Narok town, where she donated 100 bins to the Narok County Government through Mama Doing Good.