MINISTRY OF ENERGY INSPECTS USE OF CLEAN COOKING ENERGY IN INSTITUTIONS SERVING OVER 100 PEOPLE IN ILEMELA




📌 Goal: To ensure that both public and private institutions comply with the Government’s directive to use clean cooking energy


📌 Director of Clean Cooking Energy urges Council and Municipal Directors to enforce the Government directive


📌 Calls on teachers to educate students on the use of clean cooking energy


The Director of Clean Cooking Energy, Mr. Nolasco Mlay, together with experts from the Ministry of Energy, has embarked on an official working tour in Mwanza Region to inspect the implementation of the Government directive requiring institutions that serve more than 100 people to use clean cooking energy.


The tour began with inspections at three secondary schools in the Ilemela Municipality, which have already adopted clean cooking energy after benefiting from the CookFund Project under the international initiative Integrated Approach to Sustainable Clean Cooking Solutions, implemented by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in collaboration with the European Union (EU).


The tour also aims to assess the utilization of clean cooking energy in institutions receiving support from the CookFund project.


Speaking during the inspection, Mr. Mlay said the visit is part of the implementation of the National Clean Cooking Energy Strategy (2024–2034), which aims to ensure that public institutions, including schools, use safe and environmentally friendly cooking technologies.


To ensure the successful enforcement of this Government directive, Mlay emphasized that Council and Municipal Directors whose institutions have not yet transitioned from the use of unclean cooking energy must implement the National Clean Cooking Energy Strategy.


> “Public and private institutions in your areas — including schools, hospitals, prisons, and the military — must use safe and environmentally friendly cooking technologies to prevent health and environmental hazards,” said Mlay.




Additionally, Mlay urged teachers and school heads to take the lead in educating students about the benefits of using clean cooking energy so that they become ambassadors for change in their communities.


> “We encourage teachers to educate students on the use of natural gas, improved cookstoves, and electricity as alternatives to firewood and charcoal. When children learn this, they help transform community mindsets from using unclean to clean cooking energy,” emphasized Mlay.




Speaking on behalf of the Ilemela Municipal Secondary Education Officer, the Special Education Officer of the Municipality commended the ongoing implementation of the clean cooking energy initiative in Ilemela, pledging continued support for the program. He noted that ten schools in the Municipality are already participating in the clean cooking energy program.


Moreover, headteachers of the inspected schools stated that the use of clean cooking energy has made cooking activities safer and more convenient, saving time and reducing costs.


In another development, experts from the Ministry of Energy also visited schools that have not yet adopted clean cooking energy and urged school leaders still relying on firewood and charcoal to improve their cooking systems and transition to clean energy.


The three schools visited in Ilemela Municipality that currently use clean cooking energy are:


Bwiru Boys Technical Secondary School


Bwiru Girls Secondary School


Buswelu Secondary School



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