{"id":130237,"date":"2026-02-08T08:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kenya-and-israel-seek-closer-ties-in-energy-climate-action\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T08:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:02:52","slug":"kenya-and-israel-seek-closer-ties-in-energy-climate-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kenya-and-israel-seek-closer-ties-in-energy-climate-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya and Israel seek closer ties in energy, climate action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi says Kenya is seeking deeper strategic cooperation with Israel in energy, security and climate action as part of a broader push to strengthen bilateral ties.<\/p>\n<p>Mudavadi, who hosted Israel\u2019s Ambassador to Kenya, Gideon Behar, for a courtesy call at his office, said the two countries are keen to expand collaboration in priority sectors that underpin Kenya\u2019s development agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting between the two leaders also focused on scaling up cooperation in agriculture, food security, defence, renewable energy and health diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>Mudavadi highlighted Kenya\u2019s geothermal energy potential and invited increased Israeli investment in the sector as part of efforts to strengthen energy security and support the country\u2019s climate goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two leaders emphasised the importance of partnership in addressing the climate crisis, with a particular focus on harnessing Kenya\u2019s vast geothermal energy potential,\u201d a statement by the State Department for Foreign Affairs indicated.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions also touched on enhanced engagement at multilateral forums, including the United Nations, with Kenya reiterating its commitment to peace and stability in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/kenya-and-israel-seek-closer-ties-in-energy-climate-action\/\">Kenya and Israel seek closer ties in energy, climate action<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi says Kenya is seeking deeper strategic cooperation with Israel in energy, security and climate action as part of a broader push to strengthen bilateral ties. Mudavadi, who hosted Israel\u2019s Ambassador to Kenya, Gideon Behar, for a courtesy call at his office, said the two countries are keen to expand collaboration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}