During the global climate strikes, the Kenya Environmental Activists Network (KEAN) joined other youths from Nairobi and organised a silent protest under the theme #AfricaIsNotADumpster. They called on Betty Maina, Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development not to allow Africa to become a dumping site for the US. They urged the CS to ensure the terms of the US-Kenya Trade Deal do not permit the exportation of plastics into Kenya from the USA.