Regional projects for cheap LPG to homes face headwinds
In Kenya, the multimillion-dollar Mwananchi Gas project that would have seen millions of households receive subsidised cooking gas cylinders at a cost of $20 ended in a fraud investigation. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Thousands of frustrated Ugandan households will be switching back to wood fuel after a government project that would have seen them shift to clean energy ran into logistical challenges after covering just nine percent of the targeted population since July last year.
The stall in the subsidised cooking gas project joins Kenya’s own initial idea of supplying cheaper cooking gas to homes, which collapsed due to corruption, lack of funds and poor-quality cylinders that were found to be a danger to households.
