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Rosemary Maina, one the beneficiaries of the stoves at her home in Losogwa village, Nyahururu. The energy efficient jiko works in such a way that the heat that is used for cooking also warms up the chicks brooder. [PHOTOS: JAMES MUNYEKI]
Thomas Gichuru was out to make a difference. Passionate about clean energy and conserving the environment, he invented an energy-saving jiko that cut firewood usage significantly, but the people he presented it to wanted more.
He took up the challenge, and the chick-rearing cooking stove was born.
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