NAIROBI, Kenya—Kenya is set to benefit from a 20 million USD (Sh 2.5 billion) grant from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the Middle East Green Initiative (MGI) for investment in cleaning cooking solutions, including the provision of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) stoves.
The announcement was made during a meeting between Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Aden Duale, who hosted a Saudi Arabia Government delegation led by Clean Cooking Project Senior Advisor at the Oil Sustainability Programme Abdul Karim Almutairi in Nairobi.
The meeting discussed Kenya’s collaboration with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the transition to clean cooking through accelerated uptake of LPG stoves in the country.
“The LPG stoves initiatives align perfectly with the Government’s administration’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) plan climate action and livelihoods ambition of creating economic opportunities for women and youth,” CS Duale said in a statement.
What is Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Y News understands that LPG is a flammable, portable, and efficient fuel that is a mixture of hydrocarbon gases, such as propane, butane, and isobutane:
At average temperatures, it is colourless, odourless, and gas. When cooled or pressurized, it can be easily transported and stored as a liquid.
LPG is used in many applications, including cooking, heating buildings, producing petrochemicals, and as a motor fuel.
LPG is primarily obtained from natural gas and oil production but can also be produced from renewable sources.
A potent “stenching” agent is added to LPG so that even a tiny leak can be easily detected.
Where does Kenya import its LPG
Y News has established that Kenya imports all of its LPG, mainly from the United States. It is used for commercial and industrial purposes as well as domestic cooking fuel.
Meanwhile, CS Duale, who was joined in the meeting by the Director General of National Environment and Management Authority (NEMA) Mamo Mamo, briefed the visiting delegation on Kenya’s ambitious 15 billion tree-growing programme and the country’s emerging carbon markets.
Today’s meeting was held ahead of next month’s 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Riyadh (December 2nd to 13th) and next year’s visit to Kenya by Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Energy, HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman.
