Kenyan Govt to Distribute Subsidised Gas Cylinders to Poor Kenyans: "To Reduce Consumer Prices"

 

This is meant to promote the use of clean energy under the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)growth policy. A despatch by Cabinet on Monday, October 9, required all housing developments to have provisions for liquefied petroleum gas reticulation infrastructure. The provision will include houses under the Affordable Housing programme.READ ALSO William Ruto Writes Off Loans, Tax Arrears Worth KSh 117b by National Sugar Mills "The proposed interventions will further encompass establishing common-user LPG import terminals, distributing subsidised LPG cylinders to low-income households, and promoting LPG use in institutions facilitated by partnerships with finance institutions, LPG players, and the Ministries of Education and Health. These measures aim to reduce consumer prices, improve public safety and contribute to both public health and environmental sustainability," the Cabinet stated. What was Ruto's promise on gas prices? President William Ruto promised to lower cooking gas prices to less than KSh 500 by June 2023. He said refilling the 6kg cooking gas cylinder would cost KSh 500 or KSh 300 after the scrapping of taxes. Ruto assured Kenyans that the government was keen to eliminate all cartels in the LPG sector. "Every person who is filling gas will be registered and licensed by the government of Kenya." William Ruto's U-turn on cheap gas READ ALSO Ruto Signs Privatisation Bill 2023 into Law, Allowing Lease of Non-Performing State Firms In May, Ruto said his promise to reduce cooking gas prices to between KSh 300 and KSh 500 by June 2023 could not materialise. The head of state told journalists at the state house on Sunday, May 14, that the reduction of prices was for gas cylinders only. "We are only lowering the price of cooking gas cylinders to between KSh 300 and KSh 500... before you refill gas," he said. Ruto tasked Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir to ensure cooking gas is made available to Kenyan households at a subsidised price within three years.  BY TUKO NEWS