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Providing clean & efficient energy for households in informal settlements in African cities remains a challenge. ACTS presents a series of #InclusiveEnergyKE stories on Youtube

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ACTS documentation of #InclusiveEnergyKE in Nairobi’s informal settlements is in collaboration with @hivosroea. @Asiti @OkothSalome @joanes_atela @ASH_Excellence @arin_africa @munakab @mareteselvyn #EnergyStories

Most people in informal settlements rely on biomass and kerosene for cooking and illegal (and often dangerous) electricity connections for lighting #InclusiveEnergyKE
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The #energyStories offer insights into energy sources most commonly used and why. They provide a basis for interventions to ensure sustainable energy for all #InclusiveEnergyKE

This evidence is important in shaping opinion &influencing policymakers to set in place policies and projects that best respond to needs of communities #InclusiveEnergyKE #Vision2030 #AUAgenda2063 #SDG7 @EnergyMinK @UNEP @UmojaWaMataifa @UNHABITAT @_AfricanUnion @NAIROBICOUNTY47

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Lilian’s story represents the story many households in urban and rural areas where individual continue to face tough choices when it comes to energy. These choices have impacts on the health and well-being of individuals. #InclusiveEnergyKE

#EnergyStory1 highlights the many sources of energy that individuals use in their daily lives and the considerations they have when making these choices.

Most households use more than one source for lighting and/or cooking. Stacking therefore remains a key area of focus in any efforts towards sustainable energy for all #SE4All #SDG7 #InclusiveEnergyKE @SEforALLorg @ICLEI

The question is:
How can we make energy inclusive in informal settlements so that the choices are only between clean energy sources? #InclusiveEnergyKE
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What initiatives should counties who have the mandate of planning, regulation, and operations and development under the 2019 Energy Act be setting in place to achieve #Se4All
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How do we assure communities of the safety of LPG use in informal settlements? @KEPSA_KENYA @NationalOilKE @MukuruStoves @kijijiyeetu
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How can the public, researchers, communities, civil society, media and others play a role in contributing to the shift towards clean and green energy? #InclusiveEnergyKE
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Energy access for communities living in informal
settlements in urban areas remains a huge challenge with most relying on illegal connections for lighting.

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In many developing countries, charcoal is the primary cooking fuel for urban households. Furthermore, charcoal can be purchased in small quantities for very little money on a daily basis. Jane Nthambi a food vendor shares her experience. #InclusiveEnergyKE

Use of charcoal for prolonged periods of time may lead to respiratory problems. Meet Martin Paul on our sixth energy story runs a butchery and restaurant in Lucky summer. He is looking for cleaner and cheaper energy to grow his business #InclusiveEnergyKE

Kerosene is mainly used in informal settlements in the urban areas and rural parts of Kenya to power cookstoves and lanterns because it is considered to be quick and easy to use although its cost is high. Meet Kennedy Mwangi on #InclusiveEnergyKE story 7

The briquettes are cheaper than charcoal in the long run, and can be used for a long time, as they burn slower and for longer. Briquettes, can lower their carbon footprint while being affordable. Meet Alice Ndegwa on the 8th episode #InclusiveEnergyKE

Data from the UN Development Program indicates that 3 billion people around the world - 40% of the world’s population - rely on polluting and unhealthy fuels for cooking. Meet Alice Wambui, a porridge vendor in Kayole who uses briquettes
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What do you consider as “improved cookstoves”, “improved cooking solutions” and “clean cooking solutions”? Check out the nine energy stories on African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) Youtube channel and join the conversation using #InclusiveEnergyKE youtube.com/channel/UCA0uq…

Households using LPG travel nearly twice as far to purchase fuel(5.3 km) on average than kerosene users (2.9 km) even though twice as many households nationwide cook with LPG than with kerosene. 1.7M households in Kenya(14% of the total population)use kerosene.
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The Kenya Cooking Sector Study estimates that the annual market value of charcoal consumed at the domestic level alone is KES 68 billion. Did you know 8.1 M households in Kenya still use wood as their primary cooking fuel, followed by LPG at 19% (2.4M) and charcoal at 10% (1.3M)?

4.3 million households in Kenya depend solely on fuelwood for cooking. Which cooking solutions would you recommend to Elector Atieno who uses firewood to cook the githeri she sells in Mathare North Area 1 that is cleaner, more efficient & cheaper to save costs? #InclusiveEnergyKE

In promoting alternatives to the TSOF, the headline messages are those around fuel cost savings. Although this is an important consideration, it will be most attractive in areas that are fuelwood constrained.

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SDG 7 aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030. It is estimated that 31.1% of kenya’s population is urban and nearly half of the entire population will be urban by the year 2025. Watch

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If at Kes 1,125 shillings (approx $ 11 USD), 70% of all households in Kenya are willing to pay for a 6kg cylinder of LPG that means if there's a subsidy or financing,70% are already willing to transition to LPG says @EEDAdvisory. Watch #InclusiveEnergyKE

Murefu Barasa @EEDAdvisory: The three stone cooking stove is the Toyota Corolla of cooking. It is sophisticated because it is adjustable, has dual or triple benefits, uses multiple fuels and has no parts that need repair. Is it archaic? #InclusiveEnergyKE

Biogas is filling a gap in where developing economies are fast growing but power is costly, unreliable or non-existence. Meet Dominic Kahumbu the CEO for Biogas international Ltd.What are the other benefits of biogas besides heat energy? #InclusiveEnergyKE

Biogas International Limited has designed simple solutions to daily challenges that will benefit the people and assist in poverty eradication. The larger system can consume up to 500 KGs of biodegradable waste per day and produce LPG #InclusiveEnergyKE

#InclusiveEnergyKE Policy Recommendation: A percentage of the energy budget every year going to decentralized renewable energy options and specified as to what's going to clean cooking. Watch energy stories on our Youtube channel

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Every single alternative, clean or improve energy solution comes with a cost.Are there incentives to investors to provide alternative clean energy to drive adoption and uptake in households?Mercy Rose of @Energy4Impact joins us on #InclusiveEnergyKE series

Energy Story 11:Wamaitha Mwangi runs a children’s home in Dagoretti. Two years ago, she transitioned from using fire wood to biogas. This has not only reduced her cost on energy but is also one way of managing waste from the home. Watch

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When the Government of Kenya enforced a ban on unlicensed logging and charcoal production in 2018, Rose Moses and her partners did their research that led up with Eco Makaa solutions. They make briquettes and briquette making machines. #InclusiveEnergyKE

Energy Story 13: The imposed tax on solar and renewable energy generation equipment could undermine the country’s universal electrification goal. This could lead to a 17.5 percent fall in demand as they are bound to become more expensive #InclusiveEnergyKE

Almost everyone interacts with energy through various ways, which are key catalysts for achieving SDG 7. Energy use, access and adoption is not getting the required attention so will Kenya meet the targets for SEA4ALL? We're still at 30% #InclusiveEnergyKE

Energy Act: It is estimated that 31.1% of kenya’s population is urban and nearly half of the entire population will be urban by the year 2025.Nairobi city ranks highest in urban population with 4.397 million with 'slums' occupying 12%.
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Nairobi is faced with serious urban planning and management problems and thousands of its residents live in informal settlements. Here's Paul Mbuthi, Deputy Director of Renewable Energy at the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum perspective #InclusiveEnergyKE

Wood fuel provides the basic energy needs of the rural communities, urban poor and informal sector. A national energy survey shows wood fuel and other biomass that account for 68% of the total energy consumption (petroleum 22%, electricity 9% and others 1%). #InclusiveEnergyKE

Elector Atieno, a business lady in Mathare has used firewood for the past 7 years. It has not been cheap but it has been available but her dream is to transit to using LPG.

Here is energy story 14 on our #InclusiveEnergyKE youtube documentary series

Like any other businesses, informal sector businesses have been hit hard by the pandemic, Lee Ngala worked at a car wash and a hotel in Ngara, but when the Corona Virus hit, he lost both his jobs. Here is how Covid 19 has impacted his access to energy.

Consumption of kerosene, used by most households in informal settlement for lighting and cooking has remained high, increasing by 11.3 per cent in April to 13,679 cubic metres from 12,291 cubic metres in March. #InclusiveEnergyKE

Nicholas shares his difficulties and challenges using kerosene and how Covid 19 has affected his income source thus relying on well wishers yet even with all the challenges he has to spend about Ksh 300 per week on cooking and lighting #InclusiveEnergyKE

By the roadside in Ngomongo korogocho you will find Eunice, struggling to sell fish. Whatever she sells,only enables her to purchase paraffin, that she uses as her daily source of energy for cooking since refiling her 6kg gas cylinder is a dream seldom realized.#InclusiveEnergyKE

As much as private sector has come in and implemented projects on clean cooking with community organizations, it has not been sufficient to transition people like Eunice towards clean and modern sources of cooking energy. What can we do? #InclusiveEnergyKE

The hustle of cooking gas ending midway through preparing a meal forcing one to make a dash to the nearest dealer or bring out the kerosene stove tucked deep in some kitchen cupboard. What do you use when you run out of LPG? Let's talk #InclusiveEnergyKE

@Envirofit smart gas is providing low – income households with flexible cooking gas, for as low as ten shillings. SIM/ GPS smart gas valve, enables families to use their phone to prepay for gas as they cook using mobile money. #InclusiveEnergyKE

The smart valve allows Envirofit to monitor fuel use and automatically notifies customers and Envirofit to schedule the next tank. Here is Gerald Musembe who works for @Envirofit and talks about how their LPG division provides affordable #InclusiveEnergyKE

There is a push for the use of LPG, but the sellers say the uptake isn't as it used to be. Eric used to sell 13 cylinders a day, but since COVID-19 sales have reduced by almost half as most have gone back to kerosene, charcoal &firewood #InclusiveEnergyKE