Climate change: Ayeni set to complete 260km walk
Sep 28, 2017
Ayeni is being supported by the Ministry of Water and Environment, National Forestry Authority and the World Wide Fund for nature.
Ayeni will complete his walk over the weekend
This weekend all roads will lead to Siipi Falls in Kapchorwa where Geoffrey Walker Ayeni has camped after walking for the last 10 days from Kampala. Ayena is left with less than 10 kilometers on his journey to become the first man to walk across central and eastern Uganda.
On Saturday the minister of state for environment, Goretti Kitutu will be part of the expedition between Siipi and Kapchorwa town. The minister will preside over tree-planting expected to attract residents of Kapchorwa, school children and district officials.
"I love the terrain and I am itching to walk uphill to Kapchorwa town," Ayeni said.
Ayeni who is on a mission to highlight the plight of climate change and to inspire Ugandans to plant trees over the weekend covered parts of Kibuku and Budaka before making a grand entry into Mbale.
"Climate change is here and it is important to do something about it," said Walter Kahuma, the assistant communications officer at World Wide Fund for nature (Uganda Country Office). "We hope that Ayeni's call for climate change inspires people to act."
Ayeni is being supported by the Ministry of Water and Environment, National Forestry Authority and the World Wide Fund for nature.
NFA provided the seedlings which Ayeni has been planting at the different stop-overs including Mabira and at the source of the River Nile at Jinja.
Walker was also supported by Benedict Medical Centre which provided an ambulance and a medical team accompanying the walkers.