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Why activists want Ruto stripped the green awards

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Uyombo residents in Kilifi protest plan to build a nuclear plant. [File, Standard]

A group of environmentalists is calling for the revocation of President William Ruto's recent awards in the US for his efforts to combat climate change, citing his government's policies on the export of baobab trees, mining in forests and nuclear power generation as contradictory to climate action.

Led by Phylis Omido, the activists argue that these policies undermine the spirit of combating climate change, and that the awards received by Ruto mock genuine efforts to address shifting global temperatures and weather patterns.

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