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Christine Wangari: A woman's dream for a green Nairobi

Christine Wangari is the unsung hero of Kenyan environmental conservation story. [Courtesy]

“Let’s take a tour of honour around Nairobi,” says the spirited woman beside me, her voice brimming with quiet pride. Christine Wangari, bubbly, bond, and benevolent, is not just any tour guide. She is the woman who helped replant Nairobi’s soul, one tree at a time.

As we stroll past City Hall, Kenyatta Avenue, Koinange Street, Valley Road, and down Ngong Road, she stops often. To hug a tree. To scratch its bark gently. To stoop and pick fallen seeds. “These,” she whispers, “can change everything.”

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