President Uhuru Kenyatta and other leaders at the UNEA, December 5, 2017. [Photo| Uhuru Kenyatta]
Kenya has received heaps of praise for implementing the ban on plastic packaging.The President of Guyana, David Granger, and the President of Trinidad and Tobago, Anthony Carmona commended Kenya during third United Nations Environment Assembly that is being held at UN Complex, Gigiri, Nairobi.Speaking during the assembly, Carmona said Kenya has become the hope for humanity through the plastic.“Nothing stops Kenya from becoming known as the hope of humanity just as it is known as the cradle of humanity,” said President Carmona.He urged UN Environment Assembly to come up with implementable resolutions that can guide humanity towards intergenerational equity.“We should not be indicted by our children and our children’s children for polluting planet earth,” Carmona added. Granger noted that eradicating pollution requires information, education and communication strategies that inform all people about the fact that a clean environment is a right for all.“A clean environment is a right for all and not an entitlement for a select few,” said President Granger.UN undersecretary and Executive Director of UNEP, Erik Solheim, also praised the Government of Kenya for passing tough laws to control plastic use.President Uhuru Kenyatta officially opened the conference on Tuesday which will run until Friday. Other leaders who attended the session included Cabinet Secretaries Judy Wakhungu (Environment) and Amina Mohamed (Foreign Affairs).