Alarm as carbon monoxide levels rise in Nairobi

Ms Achieng started using the charcoal jiko three years ago after ditching a clean cooking fuel because she could not sustain the cost. Overall, the ministry’s data shows Kenya’s uptake of clean cooking fuels has doubled from 15 per cent to 31 per cent in recent years. There is also no mention of developing a local economy in clean cooking technology that would be sustainable over the long term,” he said. The summit ended with a $2.2 billion pledge to accelerate clean cooking in the continent. The IEA advises that main options for clean cooking are improved biomass stoves, e-cooking or electric stoves, bio-digesters, ethanol, gas stoves and LPG stoves.