The UNEA assembly was opened by President Uhuru Kenyatta on December 5, 2017. [Photo: PSCU]
The President of Guyana, David Ganger, and the President of Trinidad and Tobago, Anthony Carmona, have praised Kenya for implementing the ban on plastic packaging.
President Carmona said through the plastic ban Kenya has become the hope for humanity.
“Nothing stops Kenya from becoming known as the hope of humanity just as it is known as the cradle of humanity,” he said at the 3rd UNEA Assembly in Nairobi, Tuesday.
He said he learned with admiration that the ban on plastic bags in Kenya has resulted in renewed growth in paper and jute industries in Kenya.
He called on 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,” said President Carmona.
President Granger said pollution knows no frontiers and the actions of people in one corner of the world will directly affect those in other regions.
He said 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.