Kenya Household Cooking Sector Study

Ministry of Energy and Petroleum

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Abstract: In line with the Sustainable Development Goal number 7 (SDG 7),Kenya has an ambitious target of achieving universal access to modern cooking solutions by 2030. These solutions include LPG,electricity,biogas,bioethanol and improved solid fuel cookstoves. Clean Cookstoves Association of Kenya (CCAK) in collaboration with Ministry of Energy,SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation),RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency),Practical Action and GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) commissioned this study to determine the state of cooking in Kenya at the household level. This builds on a body of research spread over the last three decades. The purpose of this study is to establish baseline indicators for the cooking sector,raise the conceptual understanding of the cooking sector among stakeholders,attract strategic private and public investments and guide the process of policy formulation. Multiple data collection approaches including literature and data review,household surveys,real-time remote monitoring,geospatial analysis and key informant interviews have been applied. The household survey,which is the main component of this study,covered 3,512 household interviews done by over 250 data collection assistants across all 47 counties between 1st October and 14th November 2018. Interviews were done using CAPI (Computer Aided Personal Interviews) and household selection guided by SW Maps which is a geospatial tracking application. Interviews were also conducted with supply side actors including technology and fuel suppliers. In addition,six case studies were conducted to provide specific and in-depth insights to various aspects of cooking.