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Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage facility by Asharami Synergy Limited delayed.[File, Standard]
Kenyans expecting to start using cheap cooking gas have a huge setback as the construction of a Sh4.6 billion Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage facility by Asharami Synergy Limited has been delayed until 2028.
The construction of the facility was aimed at lowering cooking gas costs through bulk importing, with the current development occasioned by the retraction of a March 2023 pledge by President William Ruto to subsidise 6kg cylinder refills to Sh300-500.
While a 2023 tax reduction caused a minor price dip, the dream of affordable cooking gas remains a pipe dream for many Kenyans, leaving households relying on expensive, inefficient alternatives with citizens now left with high prices in an unregulated retail market.
