Former Uhuru advisor question questions government’s move to declare Monday, 13 public holiday
Mutahi Ngunyi says the agenda of Monday public holiday will fail as government declared it as a tree-planting day
Mutahi Ngunyi says the agenda of Monday public holiday will fail as government declared it as a tree-planting day.
Political Analyst Mutahi Ngunyi has questioned the government’s move to declare Monday, November 13, a public Holiday.
Ngunyi on Tuesday, said he failed to understand the motive behind the declaration.
Although the motivation seems clear to every Kenyan, Ngunyi believes that the goal may not be accomplished.
He claims that rather than planting trees, Kenyans will probably utilize the day to celebrate.
The Holiday is meant to allow Kenyans to participate in tree-planting exercises across the country.
“This government does not add up. I do not understand why November 13th is a public holiday. Is there something they know that we do not know? On the 13th weekend, Kenyans will drink beer like El Nino. No money to buy trees. Is the plot to get us drunk? And why?” he posed.
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This comes after Interior CS Kithure Kindiki in a Gazette Notice declared Monday, November 13 as a public holiday.
“In Exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Public Holidays Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration declares Monday, November 13, 2023, a public holiday in which the public shall be engaged in tree growing countrywide,” the gazette notice read.
CS Kindiki said the exercise is part of Kenya’s Landscape and Ecosystem Restoration Program–Towards 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, the President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces, and forty-seven (47) County venues presided over by Cabinet Secretaries and Governors, where all Kenyan citizens and the general public shall be expected to participate,” Kindiki added.
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