Bringing gas closer, new LPG plant in Kisumu

Last Updated 14 years ago by Kenya Engineer

Investors have come together in Kisumu and are now setting up a Sh100 million gas refilling plant to serve the region. The plant, one of its kind in the Western region, is however still under construction. Construction works commenced in January this year and are expected to take a total of 18 months.

The depot is aimed at reducing the price of gas by a margin of between 10 and 15 per cent. This is possible as suppliers will not have to incur the cost of transporting the containers from Nairobi and other places which is then transferred down to the consumers.

The project being funded by the International Development Bank (IDB) was motivated by the huge demand for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the region which is not adequately served by the Eldoret depot.The plant is located at Nyamasaria along the Kisumu-Nairobi road and will be able to fill a thousand cylinders per hour. The raw materials, petrol, will be gotten from depots in Kisumu.

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