Kenya: Advocates Shocked By President's Veto of Kenyan Climate Authority Bill

11 February 2013

Nairobi — Kenya's hopes of becoming one of the first countries in sub-Saharan Africa with a body legally empowered to advise on mitigating the effects of climate change have hit a dead end, after President Mwai Kibaki rejected a law that would have created a Kenya Climate Change Authority (KCCA).

The Kenya Climate Change Authority Bill was passed by the country's parliament in December. The KCCA would have advised national and regional governments on how to cope with climate change, punish environmental offenders and implement local and international agreements on climate issues.

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