Kiraitu: To tame climate change in Africa end poverty not fossil fuels

National Oil Corporation Kenya chairman Kiraitu Murungi in a meeting with Tullow Oil group CEO Rahul Dihr at the corporation's office on July 19, 2023. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

The National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) Chairman Kiraitu Murungi has said Africa is not under serious threat from fossil fuels given that it was not yet industrialized.

Kiraitu noted that fossil fuels have become a dirty word in the vocabulary of climate activists and it has become politically incorrect to talk about oil and gas because they are associated with greenhouse gas emissions and global warming.