Kenya Pipeline Company to put up Sh12.5b plants to boost cooking gas use

Cooking gas cylinders. KPC is planning to build cooking gas plants worth Sh12.5 billion. [File, Standard]

Kenya Pipeline Company plans to build facilities worth $125 million (Sh12.5 billion) to handle and store Liquefied-Petroleum Gas (LPG) with a view to boosting cooking-gas use in the rapidly urbanising nation, Managing Director Joe Sang said.

The government has scrapped Value Added Tax (Vat) on cooking gas and has subsidised the cost of 6kg cylinders in a bid to make the fuel more affordable and attractive for its citizens, most of whom prefer cheaper charcoal, firewood and kerosene.