President Uhuru Kenyatta has placed Kenya on the map after the country has been ranked top five in the 2019 Climatescope Index released by the Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF2019).

This comes after the president gave a go-ahead to the use of the Garissa solar power farm, which is the largest solar energy installation in East and Central Africa.

The power plant adds to Kenyans rich profile of green energy generation in Africa,”state House tweeted.

BNEF ranked Kenya at number five, beating developed countries like Russia, which only made it to number 66, while Argentina was ranked seventh.

The solar power farm together with the Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) project earned Kenya the top recognition.