Rose Wanjiku

Climate Communication/People's Narratives

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July 6, 2026 🗞️ 📷

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[Mike @Mike_Kutola]

Kenya's education debate has become interesting.

Students say fees are too high.

Universities say funding is too low.

Government says the model works.

Meanwhile, 133,676 students disappeared from Kenya's universities in just one year

[The Standard Digital @StandardKenya]

A sharp decline in student numbers has hit universities four years after President William Ruto’s new funding model was introduced, exposing deep cracks in the system.

Data from the Ministry of Education shows that university enrolment has fallen to a seven-year low.

https://t.co/PfFOdyM1R1

[Lindah Oguttu aka Mtu ya mjengo @lindahoguttu]

KNH has increased medical fees for specialized services, some up by 155%. You had saved Ksh. 9,800 for colonoscopy and you are now told you need Ksh 25,000. No prior notice.

[Okiya Omtatah Okoiti @OkiyaOmtatah]

Contrary to what we have been told, SGR was fully funded by Kenyans to the tune of Sh900 billion.

SGR did not cost Sh360 billion, and no money came from China. We want to know why we are “repaying” a loan for which no single cent came to Kenya.

[Carol Radull @CarolRadull]

Unforgotten.

[Waigoko Kimengemenge @jrobah]

Other presidents travel with CEOs of companies of their countries to go negotiate deals. Kenyan president travels with Mudavadi to go receive him at the airport and take pictures 9f him walking in clean streets without body guards while Nairobi streets look like a dump site

[Rose Wanjiku @Wanjyku]

Good! Give me real data on what this achieved for this country called Africa.

[Albert Nsengu ⚖️ @dpolicylens]

@Wanjyku Go to G20 with this argument.

[Waihiga Mwaura @WaihigaMwaura]

"G7 has always been a platform to propagate market fundamentalist/neo-liberal policies , it has never been a platform to give an economic space for the African continent to be taken seriously," that is what Prof Breakfast told me on #FocusOnAfrica @BBCAfrica

[Rose Wanjiku @Wanjyku]

It's really tiring to keep hearing this narrative that one country, Kenya, can speak on behalf of 54 others? It is like assuming France can dictate economic policy for the entire European Union. True representation doesn't look like one leader getting a seat at a G7 table!

[Albert Nsengu ⚖️ @dpolicylens]

The G7 Summit in Évian, France 🇫🇷 (15–17 June 2026) is underway.

As the current holder of the G7 Presidency, France invited President William Ruto of Kenya 🇰🇪 to participate in discussions that extend well beyond the traditional G7 membership. The invitation reflects Kenya’s growing role in global affairs and the recognition that many of today’s challenges require perspectives from both advanced and emerging economies.

I have followed the summit closely because many of the issues on the agenda intersect with my own research interests: artificial intelligence, digital governance, online child protection, data, international partnerships, and the future of economic development in a rapidly changing world.

At a time when global rules and institutions are being reshaped, it is encouraging to see African perspectives represented at the table. Decisions made in these forums increasingly affect not only markets and technologies, but also the opportunities available to millions across developing economies.

Kenya is well represented, and Africa’s voice is being heard where important conversations about our shared future are taking place.

[Rose Wanjiku @Wanjyku]

African nations cannot rely on the same Western institutions that built the treadmill.

[Rose Wanjiku @Wanjyku]

Since we have chosen to speak about Africa as a country in this summit; giving great speeches and conveniently overlooking the history of the Continent's debt burden. Moving beyond rhetoric to real suggestions is what Africa @WilliamsRuto is talking about needs.

[Kennedy Wandera @KennedyWandera_]

"Africa is not a debt to be repaid by former colonial powers", Excerpts of Kenya's🇰🇪 President William Ruto's remarks at the #G7 summit in Evian Les Bains, #France.

"For too long, Africa has been seen through the lens of need. Its risks overstated. Its opportunities understated. Its future decided in rooms where Africa had no seat.

That era is ending. Africa has made its choice.

In 2023, at the Africa Climate Summit, our leaders resolved that Africa would not be a victim of climate change. Africa would be an author of the solution.

We have carried that resolve into every engagement since. From it, a wider consensus has taken shape about Africa's place in the world.

We seek neither dependency nor alignment. We seek partnership.

We seek a new paradigm, not hierarchy, but sovereign equality.

Not aid alone, but mutual benefit.

The age in which Africa's wealth is extracted and its value banked elsewhere is over. It is untenable. It is unacceptable.

Africa is open for investment, but investment that builds shared prosperity.

Excellencies,

Africa's ambition is constrained by its access to finance. The multilateral development banks remain valued partners.

Yet their capital does not match the scale of what we intend to build.

Meanwhile, African nations borrow at rates far above their peers.

Where the fundamentals are equal, the price we pay is not. Too often, risk is measured by assumptions the facts no longer support.

The result is plain. Opportunity goes unfunded. Growth is deferred.

But Africa is not waiting. We are acting.

First, we are building African multilateral financial institutions of our own, because Africa is not short of capital.

Across our banks, our pension funds, our insurers and our reserves, the continent holds more than four trillion dollars in financial assets.

What we lack is not money. It is the architecture of risk that turns short-term savings into long-term investment, at scale.

Second, we are strengthening the risk-sharing mechanisms that draw in capital from both domestic and foreign sources.

Third, we are putting our own resources behind our own priorities. In Kenya, for example, we have mobilised close to 9 billion dollars for affordable housing and one and a half billion dollars for our universal healthcare program, because development begins at home.

We will do our part. We ask our partners to do theirs.
So, we call upon the G7 to stand behind African institutions through guarantees and other risk-sharing instruments.

We have identified existing institutions, including the African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI), that can deploy this support effectively.

A guarantee is not merely money. It is confidence. It is capital unlocked. It is the power to mobilise resources, domestically and internationally, many times greater than the guarantee itself.

Excellencies,

Africa is not a problem to be solved. Africa is the greater part of the solution.

Africa is not a burden to be carried. Africa is an opportunity to be seized.

Africa is not a debt to be repaid by former colonial powers. Africa is an asset for the prosperity of the world."

[Rose Wanjiku @Wanjyku]

Of the 54 nations in Africa, 47 are currently holding outstanding debt and operating under the strict conditions imposed by the IMF and World Bank. Kenya ranks near the top of the list as the second-most indebted nation to the IMF on the continent.

[Rose Wanjiku @Wanjyku]

Without addressing debt cancellation or restructuring, it's just another 'Talk Shop' moment.

[William Samoei Ruto, PhD @WilliamsRuto]

The World Bank has been an important partner in Kenya’s development, supporting investments that are improving livelihoods, expanding economic opportunity and strengthening resilience.

As we advance our development agenda, Kenya will continue to work closely with the World Bank to accelerate progress on our national priorities and deliver better outcomes for our people.

Held talks with World Bank Group President Ajay Banga on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Évian, France. We discussed advancing Kenya’s development priorities and mobilising greater investment for sustainable and inclusive growth.

I also welcomed the World Bank’s support for reforms to the international financial architecture that will expand access to capital, strengthen resilience and better reflect the realities and aspirations of developing countries.

[Rose Wanjiku @Wanjyku]

Granted, the workings of the UN is under scrutiny, but Kenya is heavily dependent on the same financing structure, especially in emergencies. It would be great to hear what exactly @WilliamsRuto means.

[Willis Evans Otieno @otienowill]

I thought UN has been expanding its presence in Nairobi, including making Nairobi its largest UN office in Africa and a major global hub (UNON – United Nations Office at Nairobi)?

[Africa Uncensored @AfUncensored]

The government is building an airstrip inside a protected forest in Meru. A court ordered work to stop but the construction is ongoing anyway.

This comes after alarms raised as early as September 2025 regarding plans to surrender 50 acres of the forest were ignored.⏳

[Mohammed Hersi : Mr Optimist @mohammedhersi]

As we play hit & miss , our northern neighbours are laserjet FOCUSED.

We cannot be moving from one controversy to another. I have no idea what stake this man from Zimbabwe has in the new airport project but what is hard in playing it open and transparent. Why not work with institutions that are beyond reproach.

Its tiring , I am just being honest its tiring. Kenyans we deserve better.

[The Organic Guy @The_Organic_Guy]

I hope you will be there explaining when farmers will be killing themselves due to the poisonous GMO cotton you've forcefully introduced to them via Bill Gates support.

Did you remind them not to graze their cows there?

[Black @LilithBlack25]

Kenya is a clear example of how poverty is engineered and maintained

[Rose Wanjiku @Wanjyku]

Same President who claims through prayers climate change can be addressed?

[Dr. Raymond Omollo — CBS @ray_omollo]

As we mark World Environment Day 2026 under the theme, 'Inspired by Nature. For Climate. For Our Future,' we reaffirm our commitment to environmental stewardship and climate action for present and future generations.

Through initiatives such as the Chiefs' Climate Action Day, a monthly event spearheaded by National Government Administration Officers (NGAOs), communities across the country continue to play a vital role in restoring ecosystems and advancing sustainable development.

These efforts complement H.E. President William Ruto's campaign to grow 15 billion trees by 2033, a transformative undertaking aimed at enhancing forest cover, mitigating climate change and securing a greener future for Kenya.

Let us all remain inspired by nature and united in action to protect our environment for the benefit of generations to come.