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Fulfil climate promise
What you need to know:
- President William Ruto's turnaround to embrace natural gas is a dangerous path for Kenya’s climate action ambition and, specifically, his pledge to realise a 100 per cent transition to clean energy.
- It means the demand for the dirty source of energy will continue to grow, consequently motivating more Tanzanian supplies.
- Kenya, therefore, ought to join the rest of the world in embracing the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty and protecting the lives of the current and future generations.
On his first foreign trip as Head of State, President William Ruto held bilateral talks with Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan and committed to building a 600km Tanzania-Kenya gas pipeline that, according to reports, will cost $1.1 billion (Sh132 billion).
His turnaround to embrace natural gas is a dangerous path for Kenya’s climate action ambition and, specifically, his pledge to realise a 100 per cent transition to clean energy.
