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Proposal by Government could make refilling gas cylinders for Kenyans a nightmare

A new proposal to end the universal valve aims at weeding out illegal gas refilling. [PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD]

Plans are at an advanced stage to revert to the old system where cooking gas consumers will be confined to a particular marketer.

The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum is in the process of reviewing regulations that introduced the universal valve that gave consumers the freedom to refill at any Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) marketer regardless of the brand of their cylinder.

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