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  Opposition Leader Raila Odinga stormed the Africa Climate Summit venue in presidential style. Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, who was at the VVIP entrance to usher in foreign Heads of States and top-notched dignitaries, was astounded when Raila Odinga alighted from his car just at the spot where foreign dignitaries were being received. The firebrand deputy president, and Raila's political nemesis, had no otherwise other than welcoming the ODM leader with a hearty handshake amid smiles. This prompted Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo to alter protocol of accessing the climate summit venue. The opposition chief has been a staunch critic of the government of Kenya, which in his view, is illegitimate. Raila Odinga came second in the last general election, where Ruto emerged the winner. He disputed the election results and filed a case at the Supreme Court of Kenya, which ruled in favor of Ruto and upheld the election results as had been declared by the Independent Elect

  Green Growth and Climate Finance for African and the World formed the basis of the Africa Climate Week 2023 . Delegates from 136 countries stormed Nairobi's KICC to grace the occasion. Summit seek solutions to climate change for Africa and the world. Climate compensation, building resilience in mitigation efforts top on the agenda. Sectors sensitive to Climate Change include agriculture, tourism, fishing industry. Africa Climate Summit seeks to explore available natural resources in the continent to collaboration technological innovation in spurring incremental production and consumption of green energy. The inaugural Africa Climate Summit offer opportunity to showcase Africa's green growth potential, explore financial and development solutions for a climate-resilient Africa. Focus on renewable energy, carbon credits got priority attention in the inaugural Africa Climate Conference. What is Carbon Credit? Carbon credit or carbon offset is a removal or reduction

  Climate change is a global phenomenon and Africa, just like the rest of the world, wish to have the atmospheric temperatures reset to the level of the pre-industrial times. The inaugural Africa Climate Summit (ACS) seeks to address alternative ways to reduce global warming in order to avert a climate catastrophe. Kenya became the potential convenor of the first Africa Climate Summit by virtue of its leadership's advocacy for green energy. Kenya President William Ruto has endeavored to mitigate effects of climate change by championing tree planting activities, the systematic elimination of cooking using fossil fuel in government sponsored learning institutions and the introduction of electric motorcycles to reduce the consumption of petrol. Trees enhances a balanced ecosystem and assists in the carbon capture thus reducing the resultant effects of greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding the Greenhouse gas emissions. The Earth has a natural greenhouse effect due to tra

 T echnological changes continue to shape humanity.  It's no longer business as usual as the internet connects the world. Tech apps, social media, digital media among connected devices turn the world toa global village. Forbes ranking listed tech companies such as Google , Microsoft , Amazon and a few others among the top 10 most valuable brands. Technological upheavals shaping the world can only be comparable to the industrial revolution. Currently, numbers (digits) control the world by prescription, while words shape the world in descriptive terms.  The advent of the digital revolution kick-started the process of making work easier for humanity to thrive. How Tech controls Humanity How we communicate : Social media platforms has caused much disruption to telecommunication companies in offering both voice and text-based conversations.  WhatsApp and Facebook messanger are among the most used social media. In 2014, Facebook (currently Meta Company) bought WhatsApp at U

  Raila Odinga's quest to liberate Kenyans from authoritarianism remain unstoppable. History of the Saba Saba event in Kenya The original Saba Saba rally was organized by Kenneth Matiba, Charles Rubia and Raila Odinga. However, the three didn't make it to the Kamukunji venue. The first Saba Saba rally in Kenya took place on 07/07/1990. The aim of the event was to bludgeon the then president Daniel Arap Moi to repeal section 2(A) of the Constitution in paving way for multiparty democracy. Political players Kenneth Matiba, Charles Rubia, Raila Odinga, lawyers John Khaminwa and Gitobu Imanyara were arrested by the police. Kiraitu Murungi who was on a trip to Ethiopia, chose to cut-off his journey back to Kenya and fled to the United Kingdom. Lawyer Mohammed Ibrahim, currently a judge of the Supreme Court, was arrested by the Special Branch officers after they failed to find the then Law Society of Kenya (LSK) president Paul Muite at his office. Senior Counsel Gibson K

Meta app Threads gained prominence soon after its launch, with over 10 million users signing up hours after launch. The entire globe was astounded by the manner in which Threads , which almost resembles Twitter by many descriptions, would have such an overwhelming endorsement across the world. How Zuckerberg is trying  to eclipse other Social media platforms Is Zuckerberg turning into a predatory Marxist out to edge others from social media influence? Mark Zuckerberg copied Instagram stories from WhatsApp and later on bought WhatsApp. He reportedly copied reels from tiktok, story feature from SnapChat and Instagram music from Spotify. Finally, Zuckerberg has copied Threads App from Twitter. Brief History of Threads "Let’s do this. Welcome to Threads,” Meta Chief Executive Officer, doubling as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, wrote in his first post on the new social media site. Threads was launched on Wednesday and will run with no ads for now. Zuckerberg launched T

President William Ruto is in a dilemma. Having been elected on the platform of uplifting the 'hustlers', there's no single move to substantiate his initial argument. Opposition boss Raila Odinga has every reason to capitalize on Ruto's tax appetite. The ODM Party Leader alongside his Azimio brigade, mobilized Kenyans to resist the new tax measures.  Raila read a riot act and asked his supporters to embrace walking to work places to deny the government the hyped fuel tax.  Did Uhuru Kenyatta leave an empty coffer? When Ruto took office in September 2022, his deputy Rigathi Gachagua confided that the government was almost broke. Kenya Kwanza leaders complained that during Uhuru's twilight days as president, his close allies looted from treasury to puncture operations of an incoming government. Uhuru's last months in office saw the increase in prices of essential commodities, which gave Ruto a leeway to convince Kenyans that it was as a result of Ra