Kenya seeks to shift towards clean cooking fuels

Respiratory diseases affect the health of millions of people in Kenya, with the main cause the burning of biomass like firewood. But without affordable alternatives, most Kenyans continue to rely on traditional cooking fuels.

Jane Muthoni is collecting firewood to light a fire in her kitchen made of iron sheets.

Soon the roof, walls and wooden pillars are covered in soot. As she blows on the flame for tea, the 65-year-old is engulfed in smoke.

“I have been using firewood all my life and wake up every morning to fetch it. However, the smoke from the firewood makes me…