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The price of a just energy transition for Kenya’s low-income households
As Kenya pushes towards universal clean energy access by 2030, justice must remain central to the transition. Clean energy should lift people, not burden them.
Kenya’s energy transition story is often told with a sense of triumph. Solar panels glint on rural rooftops, electric motorcycles weave through city streets, and clean cooking solutions steadily replace smoky kerosene stoves.
These images signal progress and ambition. Yet beneath this success narrative, a quieter concern is emerging. As the country accelerates towards a green future, the cost of access is slowly drifting beyond the reach for the very people the transition was meant to serve.
