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Currently, the government is only relying on receipts issued by fuel stations upon refilling or purchase of cooking gas. Automated tracking will give the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) and other State agencies an upper hand in the fight against illegal refilling and a host of other unauthorised activities in the sector
Kenya in June will roll out a new system to digitally track cooking gas cylinders to combat a thriving black market in the multi-billion shilling sector. There are reports that this would either be done through an Internet of Things (IoT) or Radiofrequency identity (RFID) chips. This arrangement can offer a full view of movement of cooking gas from the import point, refilling stations and end-consumers.
Currently, the government is only relying on receipts issued by fuel stations upon refilling or purchase of cooking gas. Automated tracking will give the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) and other State agencies an upper hand in the fight against illegal refilling and a host of other unauthorised activities in the sector. There is a huge black market in the sale of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG).
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LPG consumption grew eight per cent last year as more homes and businesses opted for clean cooking. Official data shows that consumers used 360,590 tonnes of LPG last year, up from 333,820 recorded in 2022. Penalties for illegal gas refilling were in 2019 increased more than ten-fold to a minimum of Sh10 million, in a safety drive and to protect oil dealers.
