Dodoma, Feb. 6 -- The government has reminded institutions that feed more than 100 people and have not yet adopted clean cooking technologies to do so immediately in order to advance the countrys clean cooking agenda.

Deputy Minister for Energy, Ms Salome Makamba, issued the directive recently while launching a clean cooking project at Bunge Girls Secondary School, located on the outskirts of Dodoma City. She noted that out of about 30,000 institutions nationwide, only 1,136 have so far joined the initiative.

She called on the private sector to join the drive to ensure clean cooking energy is accessible across the country, especially in villages and peri-urban areas.

“We have many stakeholders participating in this initiative, bu...