Kenyan MPs pitch switch to biofuel production to protect environment, create jobs and stabilise local currency

Kenyan MPs pitch switch to biofuel production to protect environment, create jobs and stabilise local currency

National Assembly Departmental Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining Chair Vincent Musyoka said during an engagement with stakeholders in Mombasa and visiting Indian government delegation, ARISE, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and Kenya Sugar Board, that the country needs to embrace biofuel production from cassava, sugarcane and sweet sorghum.

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Trans Nzoia in western Kenya hit by heavy flooding that’s displaced some 4,500 families

Trans Nzoia in western Kenya hit by heavy flooding that’s displaced some 4,500 families

Hailing Kenya Red Cross for showing up and standing with the affected families, Siyoi pointed out the growing risk of the floods to young girls who find themselves in the danger of being taken advantage of.

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Kenya’s target of five gigawatts of geothermal power gets $10 million from national polytechnic and African Union

Kenya’s target of five gigawatts of geothermal power gets $10 million from national polytechnic and African Union

African Union’s grant in the first phase represents 80 per cent of the total cost of the surface exploration at Sh146 million, with the institute expected to source for Sh36 million, he elaborated.

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New report sounds alarm over how Africa is forced into painful trade-offs for climate action

New report sounds alarm over how Africa is forced into painful trade-offs for climate action

The report calls on development actors to provide climate finance as grants and additional resources, not as loans that keep African countries trapped in a cycle of debt, but for greater support for debt cancellation to free up government funds for climate action.

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