Govt Turns to US for Help After El Nino Reporting Blunder
As a result of a misunderstanding regarding the nation’s readiness to deal with El Nino precipitation by the Kenya Meteorological Department and high-ranking government officials, including President William Ruto, the government has sought assistance from the United States.
Tuesday, Environment Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya disclosed that her agenda would include collaborations with specialized technology institutions to improve national weather and climate services.
This, according to Tuya, was an ongoing initiative to restructure the Kenya Meteorological Department.
“One such opportunity the Ministry is considering is a public-private partnership with American weather and climate technology giant Tomorrow.io,” she stated.
The CS delivered the aforementioned remarks while attending a meeting with American company representatives who had traveled to Kenya to deliberate on the partnership.
David Ndii, chairman of the Presidential Council of Economic Advisors, and Festus Ng’eno, principal secretary of the Environment and Climate Change, were among the senior government officials in attendance at the meeting.
Tomorrow.io is a platform for weather and climate security that assists governments in anticipating and preparing for the operational repercussions of inclement weather.
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Kenya has been criticized for its inadequate preparation for El Nino, an occurrence that has wreaked devastation across 33 counties and impacted more than 80,000 households.
In the interim, Kenya Met and the national government, which is headed by President William Ruto, have become embroiled in a dispute regarding the source of inaccurate information regarding El Nino.
The President stated on 22 October that significant rainfall would fall on Kenya instead of El Nino, citing a forecast from Kenya Met.
“The department has now said there will be no El Nino, we will only have significant rains,” he stated then.
However, the circumstances have changed significantly since then.
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua demanded an apology from Kenya Met Director David Gikungu to the nation on 10 November for the President’s erroneous communication.
Gikungu stated that he was unaware of the individual or persons who had supplied the President with the aforementioned information, notwithstanding his apology.
Govt Turns to US for Help After El Nino Reporting Blunder
