Four million households are targeted with the 'Gas Yetu' six-kilogramme cylinders fitted with burners and grills at a subsidised cost of Sh2,000. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Under this new concept, the ministry is finalising the procurement of the initial 50,000 6kg cylinders, 40,000 smart metres, 40,000 hose pipes and 40,000 two-burner tabletop cookers.
The CS said the National Oil Corporation (NOC) is mandated to fill and distribute the cylinders to the public through appointed distributors who in turn will appoint retailers from the category of women youths and PLWDs.
The government has tweaked the concept of the multibillion project that aims at providing poor households throughout the country with affordable cooking gas.
The Mwananchi Gas project, which is meant to safeguard the poor from respiratory diseases caused by the use of firewood for cooking and to contain the rampant destruction of forests, will now be revamped and digitised.
