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Ruto, AU noble climate plan bound to fail

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President William Ruto during the Annual Kaptagat Forest tree planting at Our Lady of Glory Kaptagat Girls High School in Elgeyo Marakwet county. [File, Standard]

Climate change is one of President William Ruto's pet subjects. In September last year, he made headlines by driving himself in an electric car to a climate summit in Nairobi.

At the African Parliamentarians' Summit on Climate Policy and Equity in South Africa in May 2023, he was emphatic that Kenya and other nations have vast clean energy potential.

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