As tree-hugging craze gains popularity across the country, Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional Standards, Mary Muthoni, has cautioned Kenyans to ensure they ascertain their medical ...

This GWR ratification comes weeks after the Kenyan environmentalist addressed online speculation that insinuated that her ...

A Kenyan environmental activist has set a Guinness World Record for hugging a tree for the longest continuous time.

John Wanderi, a Form Four student from Baringo county, completed a 105-hour tree-hugging challenge in Timboroa to raise ...

In January 2026, Kenyans hugged trees in a viral protest, blending activism and emotional appeal, revealing a nation's struggles for solutions and solidarity.

On Monday, January 26, 2026, Guinness World Records officially confirmed that Kenyan environmental activist Truphena Muthoni set the world’s longest marathon hugging a tree — 72 hours straight, ...

Twenty-two-year-old environmental activist Truphena Muthoni Environmental activist Truphena Muthoni becomes the first person to hug a tree continuously for 72 hours on December 11, 2025. [Amos Kiarie, ...

Police officers at the stations were forced to disengage the OCS after people started to gather around him to witness the act ...

PALISADES PARK — Marcy Miller rested her head gently on the California palm tree, tears welling in her eyes as she embraced the trunk, memories of her now deceased father, once a worker in a lumber ...

People gather around the Children's Tree of Life, a 15-year-old New Zealand Christmas Tree, to give it a hug during Tree Hugging Day at Palisades Park on Tuesday afternoon. (photo by Brandon Wise) ...