Uasin Gishu County residents have been urged to plant indigenous trees to safeguard water tables as the region is one of the country's major wetlands.
Mr David Kosgey, the county's water secretary, urged the locals to embrace planting indigenous trees as they help in safeguarding water towers as opposed to trees such as blue gum trees, whose water consumption is too high thus they quickly destroy the water towers.
"Let us safeguard our water towers, I urge everyone to work on planting indigenous species. In the four bills that we will table soon in our county assembly, we will ensure that our wetlands are safeguarded for now and even for the future generations. As we celebrate the World Wetlands Day, let's safeguard the wetlands within our county," said Kosgey during the celebration of the World Wetlands Day on February 2.
Uasin Gishu County being a major agricultural zone is Kenya's major food basket and has favourable climatic conditions for farming.