Following the fear that has gripped residents of Kirinyaga after the fall of the sacred Mugumo tree for the first time since independence,another discomfort has been faced by many loyalists and fans over the falling Wangari Mathai tree as well.
In the growing chaos,environmentalist Elizabeth Wathuti has explained why a tree that was planted in memory of late Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai was cut down.
This is after a picture of the stump of the tree, which had been dedicated in her memory in 2011, was circulated in social media on February 23.
The picture shows the tree’s stump next to a plaque inscribed with the name Maathai and the tree planter’s name which was blurred.
The person who shared the picture neither identified the location where the tree had been planted nor the person responsible for cutting it down.
Although Maathai did not name the institution that cut the tree,she explained that they were forced to cut down the tree.
The tree was splitting into two literally posing danger to users of the path where the tree was.Its mentioned that one half of that tree came all the way down and actually damaged a water treatment plant.