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The government is committed to upscaling the national LPG penetration rate by increasing its per capita from 7.5kg to 15kg per year by 2030, Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has said.
Wandayi said a robust LPG Growth Strategy that articulates the provision of affordable clean cooking gas to low income households through the distribution of 6kg gas cylinders and seed gas to public institutions has been developed to betress the effort.
“Our resolve to transition from reliance on fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources is irreversible, and the goal is to be carbon free by 2030 as envisaged,” he added.
The CS said the strategy anchored on five pillars of developing bulk LPG import, storage, and handling infrastructure, afford LPG to households, reticulate LPG under affordable housing projects, review the LPG Policy, Legal and Regulatory framework and implement other LPG initiatives including autogas, seeks to radically transform the availability and reticulation of LPG in the country.
The Cabinet Secretary was speaking during the commissioning of the LPG for Public Institutions of Learning Project at Isiolo Girls High School. The school is one of the 20 schools nationwide selected as pilot centres.
The program is among the key initiatives under the broader National LPG Growth Strategy that seeks to ensure that institutions, households, and communities access cleaner, safer, and more sustainable cooking fuel.
To make the sector robust, safe and resilient, the CS said the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum in collaboration with the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) have formulate the Kenya Standards 3014:2025 that now guides the installation of LPG systems in the institutions of learning. He said the standard will ensure that schools and other institutions adopting LPG as an alternative do so in a manner that prioritizes the safety and well-being of both the students and staff.
The CS added that as part of the institutional reforms and to strengthen the legal and regulatory framework, the Legal Notice No.100 of 2019, has been reviewed to pave way for the development of Petroleum (Liquified Petroleum Gas) Regulations 2025.
The CS also singled out the zero rating of LPG and locally manufactured cylinders and tanks as part of the wider scheme by the government to accelerate the usage of LPG in the country.
Present during the function were the Principal Secretary, State Department for Petroleum Dr. Mohamed Liban, Commissioner for Petroleum Eng. Joseph Otieno, EPRA Director for Petroleum Eng. Edward Kinyua, among other leaders.
