In 3 years, we'll give every household a gas cylinder- Ruto

He said that he wants Kenya to use clean fuel, practice clean cooking

In Summary
  • Ruto said he wants to make sure that practices such as logging to get charcoal to cook are put to a stop.
  • "We want to put to an end the use of fuels that affect the health of our women through smoke and other harmful effects of unclean fuels," he said.
President William Ruto
President William Ruto
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President William Ruto has said that in the next three years, every household in the country will have a gas cylinder.

Ruto was speaking during a church service in Mpeketoni, Lamu County on Sunday.

He said that already, plans are in the works to make sure this target is met.

"We have found a company that will put up Sh25 billion gas plant at Dogokundu," he said.

"I said the other day that in the next three years, we want to make sure that every household, in every village has a gas cylinder that will be provided by the Government," he added. 

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Ruto said he wants to make sure that practices such as logging to get charcoal to cook are put to a stop.

"We want to put to an end the use of fuels that affect the health of our women through smoke and other harmful effects of unclean fuels," he said.

He said that the Government wants to ensure that Kenya changes its way of cooking.

"We want to see that our cooking is clean and we use clean energy," he concluded.

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