DODOMA, Nov. 6 -- THE Tanzanian government has said it is continuing to implement the National Clean Cooking Energy Strategy, which aims to ensure that 80 percent of Tanzanians use clean cooking energy by 2034 as part of efforts to reduce the burden of collecting firewood on women and minimise the harmful effects of using unclean cooking fuels.

Responding to a question from Special Seats MP Mary Francis Masanja, Deputy Minister for Energy Salome said the government, through the Rural Energy Agency (REA), was implementing a project to distribute subsidised six-kilogramme liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders and improved cookstoves in villages and semi-urban areas.

She said the initiative was intended to increase access to clean cookin...