President Ruto has asked for climate financing, and called on African leaders to go to the United Nations climate change conference. The conference is slated for later in the year, and the President has further asked African leaders to attend the conference with a united voice.The President said Africa’s agenda at
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KDF to champion climate change, says Ruto
President William Ruto has asked the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to help the country tackle the climate change phenomenon.The President noted that climate change was the biggest threat to the country’s development and prosperity.Speaking during the pass-out parade for KDF officers at the Defence Forces Recruit Training School in Eldoret,
Ruto leads the nation in tree-planting campaign
President William Ruto on Friday led a nationwide tree-planting campaign in Kiambicho Forest in Maragùa, Mùrang’a County.The President said the day was set aside by the Cabinet in honour of those who lost their lives as a result of the floods that have ravaged various parts of the country.Planting and
Ruto champions for climate change in EAC
President William Ruto has said innovative and sustainable measures must be devised to mitigate the effects of climate change.These measures, he noted, will be assumed by the East African Community as it heads to Dubai for COP28 later this month.Speaking at the EAC High Level Forum on Climate Change and
Forest rangers to drive climate change – Ruto
President William Ruto has today said the Government has enhanced the capabilities of forest rangers to protect the country’s forests.The Government, he added, has invested in technology to improve operational capabilities in surveillance, data collection and evidence-based forestry management.The President cited the revamping of rangers’ training and the upgrading of
Ruto calls for collective efforts on Climate Change
President William Ruto has said it is time for Africa to collectively tackle climate change since effective action will only be felt when the efforts of individual nations are converted to a collective endeavor. Speaking on Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at the second conference of the Heads of State and
Bill Gates to set up regional Office in Nairobi
The US billionaire announces this at a meeting with President Ruto at Statehouse President William Ruto on 16th November at Statehouse Nairobi, held talks with Microsoft Founder Bill Gates who was in the country for a two-day visit. During the Wednesday meeting the President said he Kenya Kwanza government
Uhuru signs off AU’s 2022-32 Climate Change action plan
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday hosted a hybrid meeting of the African Union Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) on the side-lines of the ongoing 2022 UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. At the meeting, African leaders and their representatives discussed the progress made in