Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has congratulated Mandera County for winning the Living Green for Climate Change category award at the 2024 Future Green City Congress held in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Mandera Municipality’s Greening Programme emerged top in its category at the global awards gala dinner organized by the International Association of Horticultural Producers (IAHP) on 25th September 2024.
China’s Chengdu City won the overall Grand Winner award at the inaugural fete to be held biennially with its Urban Green Heart Programme.
Other winners in the 7-category competition were Sao Paulo (Brazil), Joondalup (Australia), Mexico City (Mexico), Baia Mare (Romania) and Curitiba (Brazil).
On 20th September 2024, Hon. Duale flagged off Mandera County delegation to the awards at a meeting with Mandera Governor H.E Mohamed Adan Khalif at the Cabinet Secretary’s Office in Nairobi.