For the last one year, a total of 44 incidents involving LPG and Petroleum tankers rollover and spillages and LPG cylinders were recorded.
The standards are expected to address the problem of fire disasters due to accidents involving LPG and other petroleum products road tankers overturning on transit and cylinder explosions.
Last year, various industries players in the petroleum and energy industry called upon the government to hasten the LPG regulatory reforms such as the enforcement of the LN100 , so as to have more Kenyans use LPG.
The LN 100 governs the LPG industry and put an end to the mandatory interchange of one brand of gas cylinder for another as part of a vigorous move to end the illicit trade in LPG including the illegal refilling, rebranding, reselling, storage, and transporting of LPG.