Adelle Onyango

POWER TO THE PEOPLE! ✊🏾💚 I congratulate @FoNNaPKenya, @justact_kenya, @GreenBeltMovmnt , and the 4,642 patriotic environmental champions who stood up against state-backed ecocide. They have secured a 4-month court halt against the commercial destruction of Nairobi National Park. This is a monumental triumph of constitutionalism over executive lawlessness. Our constitution is clear: Article 42 guarantees every Kenyan the right to a clean and healthy environment, while Article 69 imposes a mandatory obligation on the State to eliminate activities likely to endanger the environment. When the Ruto regime treats these sacred provisions as optional suggestions, it is the citizens who must enforce the law. I celebrate and salute the brave young Kenyans who braved tear gas, defied unlawful arrests, and stared down rogue police forces just to deliver a public petition to Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and plant trees. Your courage is the bedrock of our democracy. To the @KWSKenya Board and management: decouple yourselves from state capture. Stop pandering to the narrow, temporal whims of a corrupt executive and return to absolute fidelity to the Constitution. The hypocrisy of this regime is staggering. William Ruto poses globally as Africa’s premier climate champion—spending a staggering 1.45 billion shillings on climate-related trips — while simultaneously desertifying Kenya, destroying our forests, and encroaching on the globally unique Nairobi National Park for speculative commercial infrastructure. You cannot preach emission reductions in New York while overseeing the decimation of critical carbon sinks in Nairobi. Nairobi National Park is not empty land waiting for a parking lot or a concrete conference hall. It is part of our critical national infrastructure. Beyond drawing global tourism, it is the literal lungs of our capital, providing essential air purification, micro-climate regulation, flood mitigation, and water catchment management for millions of citizens. As the first former Chief Justice to run for President, and as your Green Candidate in this election, I promise you that my administration will never trade our ecological heritage for short-term political gimmicks. My presidency will usher in a clean break from this toxic status quo, focusing on two foundational pillars: resetting to Ukatiba (constitutionalism) and restoring Utu (human dignity) through deep reforms, including of our National Police Service. I will not relent. Our alternative agenda will Green Leap Kenya into the sustainability capital through a comprehensive Ecosystem Restoration Programme designed to transform our economy:- •⁠ ⁠Green Job Creation: By shifting investments into a just transition, ecosystem restoration, and sustainable forestry, we will generate millions of new, dignified green jobs within 5 years for our disenfranchised, unemployed youths. •⁠ ⁠Agro-Ecological Revolution: We will completely overhaul our agricultural sector through climate-resilient, organic farming methods and localized value chains to guarantee absolute food sovereignty. •⁠ ⁠Clean Energy Unlocked: We will halt and reject fossil fuel traps like the Lamu oil refinery project. Instead, we will aggressively unlock Kenya's massive 290,000 MW clean energy potential across geothermal, solar, wind, and green hydrogen. We will position Kenya as the true climate capital of the world, leveraging our unique status as the proud host of the @UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). To all Kenyans: do not relent. Let this victory remind you that all sovereign power belongs to you. Organize local, citizen-led actions in your communities. We have won this battle, but the war to protect our future continues. Today we celebrate, tomorrow we protect our future. God bless you, and God bless Kenya. Support the fight: savennp.org #NationalParkNotCarPark #SaveNNP #MaragaGreenLeap #Ukatib