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Kenya’s chance to leapfrog climate change challenges

Jit Bhattacharya, the CEO and Co-Founder at BasiGo.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, speaking during a side meeting at COP26, said the country is determined to achieve a full transition to green energy by 2030.

Currently, the President noted, green energy accounts for 73 per cent of the country’s installed electricity generating capacity, while 90 per cent of electricity in use is from renewable sources such as hydropower, geothermal, solar, and wind.

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