๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐จ๐ฝ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ป-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐
๐ก๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ,๐ฐ๐๐ต ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ -Makueni County is set to accelerate its clean cooking agenda through a new partnership with the Building Climate Resilience with the Urban Poor (BCRUP) programme, building on existing county policies, investments and household clean energy interventions.
Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr led a consultative meeting with a delegation led by Benson Ireri, Head of the Clean Cooking Delivery Unit (CCDU), Office of the Special Envoy on Climate Change (OSECC), alongside representatives of UN-Habitat and BCRUP, to advance plans to position Makueni as a demonstration county for institutional clean cooking.
The programme will strengthen the county’s ongoing transition from firewood to cleaner energy.
The initiative builds on the County Energy Plan 2023โ2032 and the County Energy Policy 2025.
Governor Mutula noted that reliance on firewood contributes to respiratory illnesses, stressing the need to expand access to cleaner cooking technologies. He also highlighted opportunities for the county to benefit from carbon credit financing, citing the potential of natural assets such as the Kyulu Hills.
The partnership will support investment planning, technical capacity building and the development of a county-level carbon financing framework to sustain the clean cooking transition.
The meeting agreed on priority interventions, institutional responsibilities, designated focal persons and an implementation roadmap.
The collaboration is expected to give fresh impetus to Makueni’s existing clean energy agenda while positioning the county as a Centre of Excellence for institutional clean cooking and climate resilience.


































