The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has released 18 containers of ethanol for the manufacture of sanitizers as the government moves to avert the looming shortage of alcohol based disinfectants.
This follows a government directive which instructed members of a Multi-Agency Team (MAT) to urgently deliver to the Kenya Pipeline Corporation (KPC) the ethanol for onward distribution to the manufacturers.
The consignment of the ethanol totaling 396,000 litres was being held at the Port of Mombasa and various Container Freight Stations (CFSs).
This is part of the government’s concerted efforts aimed at combating the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. KPC has been asked to liaise with the oil industry players who have expressed willingness to produce sanitizers for expedited manufacture and distribution.
Speaking at the Port of Mombasa while releasing the containers, KRA Commissioner Customs and Border Control Kevin Safari, said the Multi Agency Team will supervise the blending to ensure the ethanol that left the Port of Mombasa is actually used for the manufacture of the sanitizers.
“These containers are those which we had seized and which we were holding under various offences,” said Safari
Covid-19
Coronavirus which started in China, Hube Province in the city of Wuhan has infected over 339,000 people, of these , 99014 have recovered. The active cases are over 220,000, with over 10,000 in critical condition.
The death toll stands at 14,704 as at this time.
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