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CHUJA Calls On Kenyans to Adopt Healthy and Clean Cooking Methods

BY Steve Biko · April 29, 2019 12:04 pm

CHUJA, a new movement formed by a cross-section of individuals, is calling all Kenyans to join its party aimed at sensitizing others on the importance of adopting cleaner and safer cooking fuels.

In light of the World Health Organisation (WHO) report that states that around 400 Kenyans die every week from health complications arising from cooking with unclean fuels such as charcoal, firewood, and kerosene, CHUJA needs to raise mass awareness and drive social participation, while promoting clean alternatives.

CHUJA, an acronym for Chama Cha Usalama Jikoni Amua was formed by ordinary Kenyans including celebrities and influencers with the aim of rallying Kenyans around the problem of dangerous cooking methods.

“The impact of using dirty cooking fuels is grossly under-reported and unknown by many,” said DJ Shiti, an actor on The Real Househelps of Kawangware and, one of the founding members of CHUJA.

“More than 400 of our citizens are dying every week from this scourge – the figures are shocking! That’s equivalent to 3 plane crashes every week! We have formed CHUJA because it is high time that Kenyans took control of our right to decide to create a better environment for our families and our country in general,” DJ Shiti added.

Ambient and household air pollution, driven by cooking with dirty and polluting fuels, has long been reported by global experts.

In Kenya, as many as 8-10 percent of early deaths are attributable to indoor air pollution from charcoal and wood cooking alone, not even including the unquantified but likely substantial negative effects of kerosene cooking on incidences of lung function, infectious illness, and cancer, as well as burns and poisonings.

It is not just Kenya’s health system that feels the strain as a result of dirty cooking fuels; the environment is suffering greatly, due to toxic emissions and charcoal-driven deforestation.

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Economically, Kenya loses 200 billion shillings each year as a result of premature deaths brought about by air pollution, according to a study by Global Policy Forum, which made the first major attempt to calculate both the human and financial cost of pollution across the continent.

“We are calling on all Kenyans to join the CHUJA party and sign the petition on our website www.chuja.party to be a part of this movement for change to using cleaner and safer cooking fuels for our families,” said Daniel Nyacharo, a social advocate in the Clean Energy sector and founding member of CHUJA.

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