President William Ruto with alongside Energy and Petroleum CS Opiyo Wandayi and Nairobi governor Sakaja during the launch of LPG at Jamhuri High School, Nairobi yesterday// Photo Courtesy.
President William Ruto together with Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja yesterday launched Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) program for all boarding schools in Kenya as well as the LPG Project for Jamhuri High School in Nairobi.
The event which was held at Jamhuri High School in Nairobi County, aims to provide a more efficient, sustainable and cheaper method of preparing meals for students in schools.
During the programme launch, President Ruto revealed that the government would adopt the Open Tender System (OTS) for procuring gas products.
Speaking during the event, Governor Sakaja hailed the program as a great initiative by the government.
President William Ruto announced significant changes to Kenya’s Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) procurement process, aimed at lowering prices for consumers.
This move by the government is also part of ongoing efforts to reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuel use.
“Going into the future, we will transition the purchase of gas in Kenya to an open tender mechanism (OTS),” Ruto explained, adding, “This OTS will support the competitive purchase of gas, ensuring lower prices and leveraging our country’s scale.”
In addition to the OTS, the President announced that the government would partner with the private sector to establish a common user import facility.
The facility located at Kenya Petroleum Refinery Limited, will help private sector players import gas without the burden of securing storage facilities.
The President further clarified that the new directive would align LPG procurement with the petroleum products tendering system.
Stating that until now OTS had only been used for the importation of petroleum products such as diesel, petrol, and kerosene.
With these changes, Ruto aims to enhance competition, improve market efficiency, and reduce LPG prices for consumers across the country.
The event was attended by the CS for Energy Opiyo Wandayi, Hon. Beatrice Elachi, Hon. George Aladwa, Area MCA Mwaura Chege amongst other leaders.
