Newsday

Cooking and coughing: Respiratory diseases plague Kenya as more people burn wood to save money

NAIROBI, Kenya — Piles of firewood surrounded Jane Muthoni in her kitchen made of iron sheets. The roof, walls and wooden pillars were covered in soot. As she blew on the flame for tea, the ...
The Inlander

Spokane's Into Africa fundraiser highlights Kenyan food and culture, and local efforts to improve quality of life there

When he returns to Spokane to see family, Nicholas Sironka often cooks and eats ugali, a white cornmeal dish like polenta, but thicker, and sukuma wiki, braised collard greens. Both are staples of ...
Crux

In Kenya, it’s ‘No Smoke, No School’: If the kitchen isn’t cooking, they go home

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – Years of drought in Kenya have decimated food production, killed millions of livestock and produced chronic food insecurity for millions of people, all of which have combined to ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Kenya’s Push for Universal Access to Clean Cooking Gets $400 Million Boost

Kenya’s bid to achieve universal access to clean cooking energy by 2030 is set to get a boost from $400 million in investments and tax relief. The government of East Africa’s largest economy plans to ...
WRAL

'I can't afford cooking gas,' shutdown of Kenya's Koko biofuel firm wipes out clean cooking options

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — It was designed to be as simple as buying airtime: a quick tap on the dispenser, a few shillings and a cooking canister refilled. Now, more than 3,000 Koko fuel supply points ...