Let’s Rally against Use of “any form of plastics”: Religious Leaders in Kenya

The official of the entity that includes representatives from the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) says in places where plastics are in use, religious leaders should encourage their congregants to recycle or reuse them. 

Fr. Mutie says religious leaders should also advocate “for regulations that will keep the use of plastics away from us since they have been a menace in our environment.”

Plastics, he says, “have also contributed to our poor health and you know if we have a good environment and a clean environment of course the results will be healthy.”

“Let's come up with new environment friendly material that will help us live together harmoniously with the environment and not cause any damage to our environment,” he says ahead of the June 5 event has that has been held annually since 1973, and to be marked this year under the theme, "Solutions for Plastic Pollution".

In line with the theme for WED 2023, the chairman IRCK, who doubles as the General Secretary of the Organization of African Instituted Churches (OAIC) says it is important that all people "embrace new ways or new materials that are environmental friendly."

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By embracing environmental friendly materials, Fr. Mutie says, “creation will be healthy and we will have worked to mitigate some of the environmental challenges and climate change that we are seeing today."

Plastic bags are still being used in Kenya despite the Ministry of Environment placing a ban on them in 2017.

Magdalene Kahiu is a Kenyan journalist with passion in Church communication. She holds a Degree in Social Communications from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Currently, she works as a journalist for ACI Africa.