The growing reach  of solar energy companies into off-grid areas has  significantly shifted  local perceptions of  solar technology. Mr.  Juma Mwayogwe, a  resident of Golini in  Matuga Sub-county, Kwale County, illustrates this. 

His Excellency President Dr. William Samoei Ruto listens as Energy Principal Secretary, Alex Wachira (Right) explains how the Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project (KOSAP) will connect households to electricity in 14 underserved counties. Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (left) looks on.

Irene Siwareng, a businesswoman in West Pokot County, is all smiles as she narrates her story.

People living across off-grid areas in 14 counties are experiencing a technological revolution following the introduction of clean cooking solutions, through the Kenya Offgrid Solar Access Project (KOSAP).

Kenya Off Grid Solar Access Project’s key objective is to expand market reach for companies selling clean cookstoves to the remotest areas of our country. This has provided a great opportunity for communities living in such areas with no access to different cooking solutions but firewood and charcoal.

A surprise purchase of an efficient jiko by Mr Rodgers Mbegah, a resident of Kwale County for his 28-year-old wife, Monica Juma has re-affirmed his commi

Ms Tina Tito, a self-employed resident of Kone Village in Mikinduni, Tana River County is one of the happy beneficiaries of energy saving jikos.