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For decades, Kenyan households have cooked in a haze—literal and economic. The humble kitchen, the heart of family life, has doubled as a frontline of deforestation, indoor air pollution, and chronic health risks. Yet over the past ten years, something quietly radical has happened. Clean-cooking access has tripled, rising from a meagre 12% in 2014 to 34% . In a development landscape obsessed with grand infrastructure and political theatrics, this is one of Kenya’s most overlo

Kenya has made meaningful strides toward cleaner cooking energy. According to the 2023/2024 Kenya Housing Survey, 34.4% of households now use clean fuels like LPG, electricity, ethanol, and biogas. Urban areas have seen the sharpest shift—71.5% of city households rely on clean energy, with Nairobi leading at a near-universal 95.1%. Yet behind these headline gains lies a far grimmer reality: rural Kenya remains shrouded in smoke.