NAIROBI, Kenya, April 1 – The Wangari Maathai Foundation has in the meantime called for dialogue between President William Ruto and Azimio La Umoja One Kenya leader Raila Odinga.
In a statement, the Foundation’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Njeri Kabeberi indicated that this is the only peaceful solution to the challenges currently facing Kenya.
Kabeberi observed that such action would reflect on Wangari Maathai’s interventions which came at a high personal cost.
“Her personal view of peace was not preserved to the normal definitions connected to conflicts or absence of active war, it was broad-based and holistic, in high consideration of environmental sanity and protection of biodiversity as this was linked to global warming, democratic and progressive leadership and human rights which ensured that all people were treated with dignity and respect,” she stated.
She stated that Wangari specifically; had a passion for the youth, women and persons who lived in the margins as well as the place of culture in sustainable peace.
“This was acknowledged by the Nobel Committee, in 2004 when she became the first African women to win the Nobel Prize and also the first Environmentalist,” she stated.
The Committee observed that “Maathai’s mobilisation of African women was not limited in its vision to work for sustainable development; she saw tree-planting in a broader perspective which included democracy, women’s rights, and international solidarity”.
