JUST IN: Govt Shifts Focus to Private Sector for Affordable LPG After Mwananchi Gas Failure 

  The government is reviving its plan to distribute affordable liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders to low-income households. This new approach shifts away from the failed Mwananchi Gas project through the National Oil Corporation (NOC), focusing instead on a public-private partnership with licensed oil marketing companies (OMCs). The initiative aims to distribute 9.6 million 6-kg LPG cylinders to households. Under this plan, selected OMCs will match each government-supplied cylinder with their own, increasing the total number of cylinders issued. The government hopes this will promote clean energy adoption while reducing dependence on charcoal and kerosene. Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) Director-General Daniel Kiptoo emphasized that partnering with private sector players will
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