The government announced a plan to provide piped liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to 10 million households by 2028, relying on public-private partnerships to build domestic handling capacity.
Petroleum Principal Secretary Kello Harsama said the initiative aims to make Kenya self-sufficient in LPG and to bring the target to reality through collaboration with the private sector.
The 2022 Demographic and Health Survey shows that 68.5 per cent of the population – about 9.1 million households – still use traditional cooking fuels, with 7.4 million of those households located in rural areas.
The plan also includes around 11,000 public schools that continue to rely on firewood for cooking, a practice linked to deforestation and higher carbon emissions.
At a groundbreaking ceremony in Changamwe, Mombasa County, Asharami Synergy Kenya Limited began construction of a 30,000-metric-tonne LPG terminal, which Managing Director Bayo Sotomi expects to complete within 18 months.
Additional infrastructure under development includes Kenya Pipeline Company’s LPG import, storage and handling facility at the Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited site, a 25,000-MT terminal operated by AGOL, a 30,000-MT facility by Taifa Gas at the Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone, and a 10,000-MT terminal completed by Lake Gas in Kilifi County.
The entry of Sahara Group into the market is expected to further bolster the country’s effort to achieve universal clean-cooking access under the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda.
