Ruto's Plan To Drop Gas Prices To Ksh300 By June

President William Ruto has now announced that the price of Liquefied Petroleum (LPG) gas will drop down to Ksh300 from Ksh2,800 in four months' time.

Speaking during the launch of the Women Enterprise Fund and the second product of the Hustler Fund at KICC, Nairobi on Thursday, March 2, Ruto indicated that the removal of the tax on gas will allow Kenyans to buy more gas.

In particular, the 6kg cooking gas which is popular among many homes in the country, would be reduced to a range of Ksh300 minimum and Ksh500 maximum.

"I have stated that from the month of June, we will put plans in place to ensure that women use clean energy. The first thing that we will do is remove the tax on gas. That eight per cent the government takes will be removed to allow more Kenyans to have gas. 

"Today, Kenyans are buying gas at Ksh2,800 and we are saying that we shall put government money in the sector. The 6kg will be Ksh500 or Ksh300," he said.

He yet again turned to unscrupulous individuals swindling Kenyans through cooking gas, but this time warning that their days are numbered after he exposed how they cheat their customers by taking advantage of the directive, by refilling gas cylinders to less than the required full amount.

"Some people are very clever, they say that they have refilled a 5kg gas but in the true sense, the gas inside is only 3kgs. All these people must be removed from this business," he warned.

The Head of State had initially promised that the government will ensure that every household in Kenya will get a cooking gas cylinder in the next three years.

He further announced that the government had already issued Ksh25 billion to a contractor to manufacture gas to realise the transition to clean energy.

Ruto also revealed plans to scrap the use of wood fuel domestically, warning of the health risks that come with using firewood, which produces smoke.

"We want to prevent all those health issues that are a result of smoke that come because of using wood as fuel. We want our women to use clean energy to cook," he stated on Sunday, February 26 during a church service at Muungano grounds in Mpeketoni, Lamu County.

Speaking on Friday, February 24 during the launch of Taifa Gas in Dongo Kundu, Mombasa County, Ruto had ordered top managers at the Kenya Pipeline Company Limited (KPC) to expand the local terminal storage capacity of LPG gas to make it available countrywide, a move which will provide reservoirs for cheaper LPG gas from Tanzania.