Planting wisdom trees for good shield in times of plenty and lean ones

A woman carries a seedling during a past tree planting exercise in Kakamega County. [Bernard Lusigi, Standard]

Baada ya dhiki, faraja, our people say to intimate that relief comes after tribulation. So you can imagine my relief, after spending nearly two hours driving the half-kilometre stretch on 3rd Parklands, due to its partial closure, when I learnt that today is a public holiday.

I initially thought my friend was pranking me when she revealed that the mission for the public holiday was to plant trees. Ooh, and mourning those who died from the floods...