King Charles III has hailed President William Ruto for his tree-planting initiative. The King said that he admired President Ruto for his efforts to ensure Kenya plants 15 billion trees to combat climate. https://bit.ly/3tXCviT
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00:00 (Speaks in a foreign language)
00:04 I cannot tell you what a great pleasure it is
00:25 for my wife and I to be back in Kenya once again.
00:30 I am enormously grateful to you, Mr. President,
00:33 Madam First Lady, for your most generous invitation
00:38 to make this state visit.
00:41 The tremendous hospitality you have shown us
00:46 and the wonderfully warm welcome that you
00:48 and the people of Kenya have extended to us
00:52 have touched me deeply.
00:54 If I may say so, it is particularly special
00:58 to be able to return to this extraordinary country
01:03 in the 60th year of your independence.
01:07 Today, Mr. President, you and I stood
01:11 by the mighty Mogumo tree, which marks the spot
01:15 where almost 60 years ago,
01:18 the Kenyan flag was first raised.
01:22 It seemed to me that the tree is thriving,
01:25 strong and deeply rooted, just as this great republic
01:30 and her people continue to thrive.
01:32 It means a great deal to my wife and myself
01:40 that in our coronation year, our first state visit
01:45 to a Commonwealth country should bring us here to Kenya.
01:50 (audience applauding)
01:52 We both take considerable pride in renewing the ties
01:57 between the United Kingdom and Kenya,
02:00 a country that has long held such special meaning
02:04 for my family.
02:05 (speaking in foreign language)
02:09 (audience applauding)
02:13 On subsequent visits here, I was most fortunate
02:18 to be able to spend some time with Kenyan conservationists
02:23 from whose profound knowledge of their environment
02:27 I learned so much.
02:28 Among them was the late great environmentalist
02:34 and Nobel Prize winner, Wangari Maathai,
02:38 someone whom I greatly admired and loved.
02:41 And I'm very much looking forward
02:44 to spending a little time with her daughter this week
02:48 and to planting a tree in her mother's memory.
02:51 (audience applauding)
02:56 As Wangari Maathai said, when we plant trees,
03:00 we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.
03:04 We also secure the future for our children.
03:08 This is a sentiment that as avid dendrophiles,
03:12 lovers of trees, I know, Mr. President,
03:15 that you and I share.
03:18 Indeed, having been planting trees for most of my life,
03:23 I thought I was doing rather well,
03:25 but your ambition to plant 15 billion trees
03:30 makes me look rather more critically at my own efforts.
03:33 (audience laughing)
03:36 (silence)
03:38 [BLANK_AUDIO]