Govt Reveals Date When Ruto’s Gas Cylinders Will Be Distributed to Homes.
Govt Reveals Date When Ruto’s Gas Cylinders Will Be Distributed to Homes: The Ministry of Energy will start the rollout of subsided cooking gas cylinders to various homes countrywide this year.
As revealed in the Ministry’s commitments made during the ongoing government performance and delivery roadshow, 60,000 cylinders will be distributed to low-income homes by the end of 2024.
Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir highlighted that the subsidised gas cylinders however, will only be available in the 6kg capacity size.
The statement read, “Our commitment is to convert 300 public learning institutions in 2024 to use clean cooking gas by providing them with LPG infrastructure and seed gas,”
“Roll out and issue 60,000, 6kg LPG cylinders to low-income households and clean cooking gas to public institutions by the end of 2024,” read part of the statement.
President Ruto had sworn to eliminate the use of firewood and kerosene in 2023. Notably, in October 2023, the Cabinet also approved the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Growth Policy which eliminated taxes in the gas industry.
The statement read,”The proposed interventions will further encompass establishing common-user LPG import terminals, distributing subsidized 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,” read the Cabinet dispatch,” read part of the statement.
Ministry also detailed that it would undertake initiatives to make sure the supply of electricity of some parts of the country which had been underserved.
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