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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Teddy,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks for the pictures, data and comments. It helps to understand the context and interpret the news reports. The politics seem to be unfolding as you have described. There are interesting reports form Kitui and Tanzania now says that they have not banned charcoal but will try to control deforestation by other means. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><o:p> </o:p></a></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Stoves [mailto:stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Cookswell Jikos<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 19, 2018 2:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of biomass cooking stoves <stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stoves] Charcoal producers protest ban<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Tom - <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for sharing! It's a good one to add to the list - <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Seems the annual charcoal bans are making headlines again (if you google charcoal bans Kenya/East Africa there has been about one or two+ a year, every year <a href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/1144004092/foresters-launch-crackdown-against-loggers">for many years</a> since the 1980s. again seen <a href="https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/12/15/charcoal-burning-use-of-powersaws-banned-in-kerio-valley_c1685488">here</a> and here in <a href="http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/West-Nile-charcoal-ban-prices-rise-Nebbi-Town/688334-4225984-nh7jjtz/index.html">Uganda</a> etc. etc.) But then, yet another Kitui charcoal ban ended in <a href="https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2012/09/13/kitui-charcoal-ban-ends-this-month_c677846">2012 even</a>, and then in 2014 the newly devolved Kitui County Govt. released this <a href="http://devolutionhub.or.ke/resource/the-kitui-county-charcoal-management-act-2014">Charcoal Act</a>. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Interestingly enough with this recent Kitui case - I wonder what went wrong with the<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308120448_IMPACT_AND_ASSESSMENT_OF_CHARCOAL_MARKETING_SYSTEM_THROUGH_COMMUNITY_ASSOCIATIONS_IN_KITUI_COUNTY_KENYA"> twelve Charcoal Producer Associations (CPAs)</a> studied in 2016. Although they still do have a pretty current <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Kitui-County-Charcoal-Producers-Network-544526155702501/">facebook page</a>. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I hope this current ban is a temporary measure that they are doing to restore some order in their house and it will hopefully be the start of a county wide massive reafforestation program at least. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>To answer your other questions anecdotally, I was in Kitui the other day on buisness and I stopped in for lunch at the Lakeside Butchery and happened to take these photos - as shown below the co-proprietor of this well named joint had a few 3 stone fires in a somewhat well ventilated outdoor kitchen - she also had a KCJ jiko that she only used for only chapatis and sometimes tea - they cook better on charcoal she said and a kerosene stove inside for morning tea. She was boiling a goats head and some tripes and various medicinal bark/twigs in the pot in the foreground for some ok tasting soup, I think it had cooked too long though, but then again her 14 year oldish daughter was manning that pot to be fair. She said she gets the wood from her and her families farm, the charcoal she buys for 0.50c a kilo or tin every other day- this particular area was not much of a commercial charcoal making place it seemed, most of the land was privately owned, demarcated and farmed. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>And for your question as to <i>''</i><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>What is likely to be the outcome of this ban?'' </span></i><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>It's hard to say, there are so many variables in play but I know for sure that this goat below hopes the ban stays in place, if even for just one more day :P </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Although of course that goat will most likely still end up in the pot as there is still more then enough charcoal in Kenya roast it and many more! (please see various graphs below)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Also if you are interested anyone, check out our woodfuel news portal here > <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EastAfricanBiomassEnergyPortal">https://www.facebook.com/EastAfricanBiomassEnergyPortal</a> for many more news links on the biomass front in East Africa. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>best regards, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Teddy </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'>Teddy Kinyanjui</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'>Sustainability Director</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=200 height=100 style='width:2.0833in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3YUMG1TTODQ/Wh6o8gWfRmI/AAAAAAAAAyw/1bp5qqpvmwQwg5JXqL7hz-OLGSx5nSEXgCK8BGAs/s512/TK%2BEmail%2BLogo.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CookswellJikos" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://images2.imgbox.com/97/28/BgG0H6ZN_o.png"></span></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cookswelljikos" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://images2.imgbox.com/54/7e/owicmXIG_o.png"></span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/cookswelljikos?lang=en" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://images2.imgbox.com/64/b1/oh4tfzkH_o.png"></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 7:45 PM, <<a href="mailto:tmiles@trmiles.com" target="_blank">tmiles@trmiles.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>In the last month we've seen charcoal bans in Kenya and Tanzania. In this<br>case Kitui appears to be an area that feeds Nairobi. Do the villagers use<br>charcoal as a primary cooking fuel? Or, do they use wood to cook and sell<br>the charcoal?<br><br>What is likely to be the outcome of this ban?<br><br><a href="http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/01/19/charcoal-producers-protest-ban_c16" target="_blank">http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/01/19/charcoal-producers-protest-ban_c16</a><br>99931<br><br>Tom<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Stoves mailing list<br><br>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br><a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site:<br><a href="http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/" target="_blank">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>