{"id":2470,"date":"2025-10-08T15:32:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T15:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2025-10-08T15:32:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T15:32:33","slug":"cs-rebecca-miano-commends-youth-environmental-champions-at-flama-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/cs-rebecca-miano-commends-youth-environmental-champions-at-flama-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"CS Rebecca Miano Commends Youth Environmental Champions at FLAMA Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tourism Cabinet Secretary <em>Rebecca Miano, EGH<\/em>, has lauded Kenya\u2019s young people for their growing commitment to environmental conservation, describing them as key drivers of the country\u2019s sustainable future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during the <em>third annual First Lady\u2019s Awards for Environmental Management and Awareness (FLAMA)<\/em> ceremony in Nakuru County, CS Miano joined <em>First Lady Mama Rachel Ruto<\/em> and <em>Governor Susan Kihika<\/em> in celebrating outstanding youth initiatives promoting environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event attracted more than <em>2,400 creative entries<\/em> from across the country \u2014 a turnout Miano said reflects a generation inspired to protect the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a Ministry, we see conservation education as the very soul of our work, sparking a passion to protect our planet,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CS reaffirmed the government\u2019s commitment to enforcing the <em>ban on single-use plastics<\/em> in all protected areas, describing the policy as non-negotiable in the effort to safeguard Kenya\u2019s wildlife and ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miano praised <em>H.E. Mama Rachel Ruto\u2019s MaMa Doing Good initiative<\/em> for inspiring youth-led environmental action, and thanked <em>Principal Secretaries Silvia Museiya, Amb. Julius Bitok, and Festus Ng\u2019eno<\/em> for integrating conservation principles into the national education curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also recognized teachers and environmental partners for \u201ctransforming knowledge into lasting community action,\u201d and congratulated the young winners for championing a cleaner, greener Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cEnd pollution, conserve the environment \u2014 together we can build a sustainable future,\u201d Miano said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking during the third annual First Lady\u2019s Awards for Environmental Management and Awareness (FLAMA) ceremony in Nakuru County, CS Miano joined First Lady Mama Rachel Ruto and Governor Susan Kihika in celebrating outstanding youth initiatives promoting environmental stewardship. The event attracted more than 2,400 creative entries from across the country \u2014 a turnout Miano said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2471,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions\/2471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}