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James Kahongeh
@JamesKahongeh_
Climate Journalist | Storyteller | Books & Banter | Laughs & Lifestyle | Linguist | Science | Energy | #DanidaFellow | EJN Fellow |INFJ | #AJEA2023 winner 🏆
Oct 25, 2024 • 25 tweets • 5 min read
KENYA'S "LABOUR EXPORT" AGENDA & WHY IT'S DEEPER, UGLIER THAN WE SEE

Lately, the government has been blabbering about securing jobs for Kenyans abroad. The latest being 310k jobs in 4 countries, including Germany 🇩🇪 (250k). Is there more to this scheme than meets the eye? 🧵 Image Can a government that can't create jobs locally guarantee them in the diaspora? Does it make sense? But first, let me take you back a little, because there is a history of impunity on this issue. Every year, Kenyans lose millions to scammers in the name of jobs abroad.
Feb 27, 2024 • 25 tweets • 5 min read
FAILURE OF THE LAKE TURKANA WIND PROJECT & WHY IT IS A LANDMINE IN DENMARK

When the Sh70 bn Lake Turkana Wind Project was completed in 2017, it was set to deliver power to 1M homes in Kenya. Seven years later, little is said about the project.
So, what went wrong? 🧵Image First, let me share some important numbers for context:

365: number of turbines
310: total capacity (megawatts)
40,000: acres on which the project sits
545km: distance of the power line
Sh13,000: compensation for land paid to some locals
Dec 8, 2023 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
WHY MANY AFRICAN JOURNALISTS MISSED #COP28

The number of African science journalists who have missed #COP28UAE in Dubai is heartwrenching.
Many were accredited by the @UNFCCC but couldn't travel. For several reasons. If you have been to...🧵 ...international conferences, you probably already know that few occasions highlight the #inequality in our world quite like these global events. And the COP takes the biscuit. Image
Oct 16, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
When Kimani Mbugua and I started working at @NationMediaGrp as interns in 2016, we knew failure wasn't an option for us. Trip we could. But NEVER fail.
The last 7 yrs have been ... 🧵 Image ...glorious & disastrous in equal measure.
During the recruitment, only he & I were hired from a stingingly competitive shortlist of 12.
This was our ONLY chance to prove ourselves. The only hope to change many things about the places we come from.
How then could we fail? Image