This is part of the $400 million (Sh51.8 billion) earmarked for investment in LPG in Africa and India, targeting at least 100 million people by 2030. TotalEnergies Marketing Kenya MD Thibault Flichy speaks during a media briefing on the company’s clean cooking strategy, in Nairobi / MARTIN MWITA TotalEnergies has committed to inject Sh1 billion into the Kenyan market annually as part of its clean cooking strategy, with a keen focus on LPG.
This will mainly go into cooking gas cylinders with the company seeking to inject at least 180,000 into the market annually, even as it notes rampant illegal filling of cylinders as a major sector. The drive is part of the $400 million (Sh51.8 billion) earmarked for investment in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Africa and India, targeting at least 100 million people by 2030.
“The priority is not only to supply LPG but also address barriers to adoption which includes affordability, accessibility, logistics, awareness and partnership,” the firm said. TotalEnergies Marketing Kenya managing director, Thibault Flichy, yesterday said Kenya remains key in driving the Oil Marketing Company’s clean energy strategy and expansion in Africa, where it also targets Rwanda, Tanzania, Mozambique and Namibia.
“We are convinced that Kenya has put in place policies and continues to implement structures that drive LPG penetration hence it remains a key part of our journey. We believe we can change lives,” Flichy said. The company targets to have reached more than four million households, on cooking gas cylinders, by end of this year.
“However, the company still faces the challenge of rampant illegal filling of cylinders,” he said, which has seen it introduce a tagging and tracking project to follow its cylinders. Illegal filling is a major safety and economic menace that the government is aggressively dismantling through multi-agency crackdowns, led by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA).
Rogue operators bypass safety laws by cross-filling branded cylinders without the owner's consent, skipping critical maintenance, and operating hidden depots in residential neighborhoods.