The reporter claims that Mr Machogu, a 29-year-old farmer with many thousands of followers on X for his campaign, Fossil Fuels for Africa, holds dangerous views denying climate change.
I grew up without electricity and I recently explained how I questioned the official climate narrative. I do find it extremely disgusting that a senior journalist sitting in London, using daily modern technologies powered by fossil fuels, in a country that became rich thanks to fossil fuels (and loot from Kenya), should write such a disdainful piece in one of the biggest media outlets on Earth about a young man who appears to have knowledge, hard work and passion to serve his community and people. I also find this piece to be below the BBC's editorial standards, which supposedly include values such as truth, fairness, accuracy, and impartiality.
The reporter makes ad hominem attacks on Mr Machogu throughout the piece; a journalist of a global broadcasting company based in one of the richest places on earth writes statements like these:
"On social media, he (Mr Machogu) has become known as flag-bearer for fossil fuels in Africa, but there is more to his campaign than meets the eye,' and 'Mr Machogu began tweeting false and misleading claims about climate change in late 2021, after carrying out his "own research" into the topic.
Clearly, the reporter doesn't seem to think that Mr Machogu has the right to carry out his own research and make tweets about that. I don't understand why a BBC journalist can have freedom of expression but a Kenyan farmer cannot.
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