How I use chicken poop to power my life - BBC Africa

Anthony Muigai has been a farmer in Kenya for the last five years.
Using biogas, he powers his home, car and boiler in order to shower and refill his fish pond.
He showed us how and why he doesn't just use his chickens for eggs.
Produced by Sara Adam
Filmed by Rashid Ibrahim
Edited by Ameer Ahmed
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[@Dok2023]

Kenya produces more than enough electricity but the tariffs are quite on the higher side that's why people like him must find alternative means to power their lives.

[@eduvanquizdevonshire4595]

Sure

[@bcboncs]

Tariff would be a tax on an incoming import material, no? How does that play into an already domestic fuel? Sounds like you made shit up to justify why he is independently powering his life.

[@Dok2023]

@@bcboncs there's nothing universal in your reasoning here okay? Why make shit up when I'm living the experience?

[@bcboncs]

@@Dok2023 not sure what gratification you're given when talking past someone's post but sure I'll give you a pat on the shoulder my little retarded brother

[@tutotutot5193]

finally a positive african post by BBCAfrica. The world is changing

[@marriot6491]

That is an incredibly smart man. This could be better for the environment

[@bvegannow1936]

Be vegan. Use human poop. Free the chickens. Treat the chickens like pets, dont steal their eggs, dont murder them. Watch earthlings.

[@nourahrmumeenslave]

Indeed!🤗

[@YAHudahianYAHsharaelite]

KAN! 😇 APHGTTTMHYAH 👑

[@creativeflow952]

They would never let that happen

[@M3ganwillslay]

Africans cannot

[@customization101]

*whoever choose the background music deserves an award*

[@KenyaNewsChannel]

It's always nice to see Kenyans making such Big Moves

[@bvegannow1936]

Be vegan. Use human poop. Free the chickens. Treat the chickens like pets, dont steal their eggs, dont murder them. Watch earthlings.

[@nyakwarObat]

A brother from another mother

[@M3ganwillslay]

LoL.the video is made by a Chinese company .. the guy is an actor 😂😂😂

[@vicchopin]

When I saw him cooking eggs I thought "damn hes boiling the kids using s*#@ from the parents"! 😂

[@Blacma32]

What an amazing brain, this guy is the real deal lets pray they don't make him disappear as other genius men & women who have shared their ideas freely to the world

[@skyfarmorganics]

He's smart because he has researched it and put the existing knowledge into practice. You can produce biogas from any manure and even food waste quite easily and then the gas can be used for cooking or to run gas powered showers or gas powered generators as he shows. He hasn't invented anything here but I admire him for putting into practice what he has learnt.

[@anthonymuigai5393]

You are very correct. These are simple beneficial things if we choose to put them into practice

[@bvegannow1936]

Be vegan. Use human poop instead. Free the chickens. Treat the chickens like pets, dont steal their eggs, dont murder them. Watch earthlings

[@godbless6939]

Well bio gas has been around for awhile lol

[@Ukversuskenya]

Biogas have existed for a while. He's using his brains to research and apply what's already been there instead of relying to the national grid for energy. I've been researching on the same, too, and will follow his footsteps. A great opportunity.

[@AmeZidi_]

Proud of my fellow Kenyan brother.

[@bvegannow1936]

Be vegan. Use human poop. Free the chickens. Treat the chickens like pets, dont steal their eggs, dont murder them. Watch earthlings the documentary it's free on youtube

[@dallassegno]

he's an immigrant tho

[@dallassegno]

an immigrant to Kenya

[@anthonysinclair5721]

Who would have thought chicken poo could make someone so happy! What a guy! 😊🐥

[@missd411]

Wow. Even his car 👏. Who said we can't go electric jn Africa right now? He should make this into a business.

[@Stoffmonster467]

Yes, everywhere exists bio waste, so bio gas production is possible.

[@salomemungai6255]

How I wish it is as simple as it sounds

[@anthonymuigai5393]

It is very simple Salome

[@Ukversuskenya]

Salome.. it's simple. Research and you'll see with 100k max, you'll have free gas, power, and organic fertiliser for your farm. In the long run...more benefits.

[@gaza1677]

Still too expensive for the average Kenyan household This is when pooling resources work maybe install a communal plant that could be fed and maintained by 20 households

[@anthonymuigai5393]

You are spot on

[@bvegannow1936]

Convince gov to let everyone that wants use about an acre of free tax free good land to grow their own food and live on. End taxes on lower middle class. Look into hot composting and electricity from hot compost and using human poop to make electricity made out of trash! Learn how to make it and energy out of trash then teach them how.

[@Ukversuskenya]

True.. that could be an ideal strategy. Pooling resources to help the community. 🎉 It's an awesome idea for the few. There's an organisation..can't remember the name that was planning that approach. It'll need a rex biodigester that can occupy less space but be efficient to use to the commercial level.

[@rexxsade6425]

Every little poops helps 🤣🤣

[@BBCAfrica]

This should've been the headline

[@luisabu8980]

@@BBCAfrica 😂

[@delriolosmatadoros3537]

​@@BBCAfrica . kindly share the contact. Am a Kenyan will want to know more...( I had a similar biogas but it failed due to the lack of technical education by the supplier)

[@rue3575]

My passion.I pray for funding

[@Intelinside-vo7wn]

thats EPIC!

[@KINGAMONGMEN1978]

Every home in Africa should have this system

[@berylotieno276]

It had to be a Kenyan. A very hardworking and enterprising people.. Lakini yule ako uongozini saa hii, labda mungu tu atuhurumie..

[@patrickrealestate-8193]

This is so useful. Can be used for cooking, hot water, power the generator. I need to learn more.

[@EdWood110]

SO clever and well done, the electric car was the perfect ending. :)

[@marehemudanielarapmoi6424]

One thing we learn as Kenyans is to make your moves silently....do not go around telling everyone what you're upto. Then when it is all done and working, they will come, and now you can show them. ❤ 🇰🇪

[@sherrylawrencelewis2544]

Please do a longer TEDtalk and share your green example.

[@percysjohnsonmwapemukubwe.3705]

Fantastic i need to impliment this bio gas on my farm in zambia

[@ayandatshabalala1933]

I am thinking of doing the same too, this will be agood alternative in the farm

[@bvegannow1936]

Just use human poop instead. Leave the chickens alone.

[@TIGERZY2K]

A chicken poop based biogas can be very sustainable as long it is done in a closed loop system which this African farmer name Anthony has proved it.

[@nihadashraf1072]

Could u please explain more about closed loop system

[@pvp6077]

Wow, does he have a youtube channel? Please tell him he has fans worldwide who would like to see more

[@dennisnewsky7890]

This person uses the maximum potential from his activities! Keep it up!

[@wawaweewa9159]

Sweage Water treatment plants alo produce alot of gas, I wonder if that gas cna be reliably collected on large scale

[@MsK-xm7vw]

It would be nice to see the set-up. How can he afford the infrastructure? How does he plumb it in for the different applications? Something that is hidden from most people is how to actually build and plumb this concept ourselves.

[@nihadashraf1072]

I was waiting to hear about that in the video but nothing. Am curious too...especially on how and where he acquired the equipments

[@tammydorsey5856]

He said he paid 900dollars for the equipment

[@WarneyG]

Make your own plenty of videos on youtube. I made mine

[@abraham3000]

Wow! This is Amazing!

[@peter.mwaura]

Eco friendly.

[@dingomars2962]

Great reporting 👏 👍🏽

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

I would love to see a video specifically showing how to turn the chicken poop into bio gas. Great job. So smart.

[@eduvanquizdevonshire4595]

In that video what you will buy is the digester and few appliances before layimg that structure

[@osodowilberforce2321]

Wonderful Antony.

[@ziaullah5369]

I wish to know how the biogas plant was constructed?

[@xXAbdulBaqiXx]

In the UK council will jail him for not getting permits.

[@nihadashraf1072]

Thieves in broad day light nothing more! Permit for using poop hhhhhh

[@wagura]

How do you know he doesn't was he to show us or something

[@greenleafyman1028]

Regulations kills creativity actually.

[@polog8153]

IN AMERICA he would be killed for threatening the establishment pockets

[@richardburley1552]

The UK council just don't want you to survive on your on with common sense!!! They want you to count on them for everything!!

[@cynthiaharrell784]

Simply amazing.

[@wildseriesHD]

Great organic innovations and awesome video

[@newworldbro]

nice bro - knowledge is power

[@twoforty252]

Love the condescending mood music... You can't do this in the UK because of regulations... and because the government don't want you to keep chickens...

[@esskey4915]

His contacts please??

[@joyevefarmandforge]

Brilliant!

[@jamesmaina2]

Incredibly Kenyan 🇰🇪

[@cassandrabelyeu2419]

This man is a genius!

[@Vv-xt9rz]

That's brilliant i hope that this video gave you some money to help in your works

[@johnamwayi5169]

How can he be reached knowledge sharing?

[@eliudjuma9626]

That's amazing

[@kingrome7099]

More than impressed ❤

[@jamiecurran3544]

What a great little set up he's made, good for him, maybe more people could take a leaf out of his book!😊✌️

[@lindiwemalaza1438]

Please share his contact.. i would like to learn from him

[@delriolosmatadoros3537]

Please if you get l want to learn to.

[@djmems2545]

Kenyans being Kenyan 🇰🇪♥️

[@mwanatz5980]

Amazing 😍

[@jeffchurum1431]

All he has to worry about is food stock for the chicken. In the end its a win win situation..

[@ahayahyashayah9093]

LEGEND

[@luallual905]

Chicken pop,which means he can power whole city with human pop,he is genius.

[@pacificfavor3310]

Where can I buy those equipments he is using I'm a paultry farmer. This is so brilliant

[@clintonmogusu]

wow, i like this

[@suji8789]

How much does that electric vehicle go for please?

[@samdumaquis2033]

Wow, greener than all of us

[@evelynwade3973]

That amazing. 😇💖

[@odeyemiopeyemisamuel]

900 Dollars, WOW. How can we get this biogas plant

[@uniwemusic2929]

Brilliant 🙏🏾🙏🏾🌟🌟🌟🌟😍

[@KhalidMehmood-rf4vr]

Excellent & fantastic. Thanks. Khalid Mahmoud. Gujarat Pakistan

[@trendingvideoske2023]

KENYA IS THE MOST ADVANCED COUNTRY IN AFRICA

[@TheAvira123]

Really??

[@aliabdelaziz905]

Easily

[@wealthsolutionz]

Africans are so intelligent and resourceful. I love the fact this is sustainable

[@bvegannow1936]

Be vegan. Use human poop. Free the chickens. Treat the chickens like pets, dont steal their eggs, dont murder them. Watch earthlings. Watch cowspiracy. 3.25acres for standard American diet, about 1/2 for plant based diet, about 2 acres of habbitable land per person on earth, about a Billion people underfed or starving, reportedly. Eat plant based, be vegan, if u wana be sustainable.

[@Ukversuskenya]

Indeed, we are. Thank you.

[@aemeromedia]

good info! 💪

[@wishingonthemoon1]

All I gotta say is wow!

[@user-mb8op5hx7h]

Wondering to watch " Really interesting Thank you .

[@ioio8021]

Wow! Really smart😀👏👏👏👏

[@charlescabana7849]

Great.

[@saave47]

thanks

[@Mutethia_Denis]

Man on an electric car, greatness 🤛

[@huzaifaansari5524]

VERY INTELLIGENT MEN

[@Boo-pv4hn]

This is brilliant! This should be looked Into as a serious alternative to our current gas and electric solutions world wide. It would provide an extra income for farmers also. Governments can get the slurry from farms and put it in the tank to send the biogas out to homes, I’d happily have this in the uk! Changing it over to all council homes would save people a fortune and would be a better alternative for the planet as a whole

[@janendegwa5462]

What will happen to Exxon Mobil , and she'll they will never allow this in developed countries even in Kenya they said they will start taxing anyone producing power at home ,or factory etc to keep their monopoly going

[@Boo-pv4hn]

@@janendegwa5462 not sure who that is but people fail to see even now that there’s power in numbers, so many examples of this in history but people endup forgetting and feeling they can’t do anything about it. Together we can stop this. Providing your own energy should be incentivised. The same as growing your own fruit and veg and meat.

[@anthonymuigai5393]

This is surely my dream. I wish governments would buy in to the idea. It would help in management of waste, generation of energy, job creation and most of all, the positive impact on climate change

[@janendegwa5462]

@@anthonymuigai5393 the Kenyan government doesn't do or provide anything just does what the west or east demands ,but good thing you can do it by yourself like this guy or another one I saw on kajiado they have a communal biogas digester and I think a communal kitchen

[@bvegannow1936]

Be vegan. Use human poop. Free the chickens. Treat the chickens like pets, dont steal their eggs, dont murder them. Watch earthlings the documentary it's free on youtube.

[@premierpollo]

How can I get this system at my small egg farm?

[@user-bo8xo3pz4m]

Where or how can i find him, i need to learn this, how many chicken do i need approximately? And his compound was very clean, great job

[@misterbigstuff8503]

how can i get this biogas equipment?

[@cl7max]

This dude is super cool

[@hiddenagenda4910]

I died☠️ when I realized that the car was electric 😂! This was so cool

[@FARMINGWITHRASTA]

Nice

[@blueridgemountain1256]

Does the same system works with human gray water?

[@lewiskamaunjuguna914]

Dammmmn very impressive 😮🙌

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

It's actually very smart.

[@seanrowshandel1680]

Amazing to see such a secular man salute his federal government's leaders. We should lead the anti-shamanist brigade right into the center of the bob Marley congregation

[@RillaLord32212]

Genius

[@elias-rn6mx]

Where can i get his contact for chicken biogas plant

[@agathaunoma6980]

Please provide more details if how to contact this farmer for similar bio gas electricity.

[@deborahkyarasiime2148]

Hullo We badly need the Technology

[@zhipengren]

Interesting

[@lis819]

Wow!!!!

[@greenspan2011]

Hey! Where can I find you?

[@cannamink]

That’s cool

[@VitalaidMarriages]

How can I connect with Anthony. I want to find out to purchase the equipment that purifies biogas

[@thomasdory6828]

Excellent job Anthony, we love it. We are building smal biogas plants for Africa and love this kind of promotion. It shows the ease and versatility of biogas. Can you tell me the brand of the e-vehicle charger, that loocked nice. IF you need some advice how to boost your plant, let me know, we are happy to support you.

[@pacificfavor3310]

I'm a paultry farmer among other stocks I live in Burundi I would like to know how I can purchase all that equipment Mr Anthony was using . This is quiet interesting

[@theaquariancontrarian3316]

Lol brilliant 👏. I wish he elaborated more on the methane extraction. Also I find it hilarious that a combustible engine was powering an electric car lol. For everyone harping about co2 emissions remember methane is a worse greenhouse gas than co2. Burning methane is a fairly clean gas and converts to co2 when burned which plants and trees consume anyways. Ranches all over the world need to harness this untapped renewable resource at their feet. It's technically free energy and enough of it is around in one's own ranch they can make a serious profit!

[@telepathic759]

Innovative

[@EricUnderwood-gk1of]

Wow

[@adeyinkaoladapo5863]

$900...that's quite pricey for an African living in the poorest of the countries like South Sudan, Madagascar, Niger, Chad to mention a few

[@zahirmurji]

It didn’t happen overnight.

[@CNyabera]

Solar costs more

[@bvegannow1936]

Convince gov to let everyone that wants use about an acre of free tax free good land to grow their own food and live on. End taxes on lower middle class.

[@Ukversuskenya]

It is, but with time, one can strategise, I believe.

[@telepathic759]

I know a guy that powers his house and car from donated french fry grease.

[@Mohammed-xv5vc]

Can you kindly help us with his contacts

[@tatianaallen8143]

😲😳 wow

[@vernonalexis704]

What do you do with the nitrates from the chicken waste nitrogen