Nigerias Asharami LPG Gas To Cushion 10 Million Kenyans

By Mwakwaya Raymond
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Nigeria’s Asharami Synergy company is now in Kenya to cushion locals with affordable LPG gas come 2028.

The 30,000 metric tonne cooking gas storage facility project officially kicked after a colourfully ground breaking that took place at Changamwe in Mombasa on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.

The facility will be hosted at the Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited (KPRL) in Changamwe, Mombasa.

The Asharami project under the Private Public Partnership will enable 10 million homes access the affordable LPG by 2028.

Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Asharami LPG facility at KPRL, Asharami Limited managing director Bayo Shotomi said the energy supply chain facility would spur economic activities not just within Mombasa but across the country hence accelerate development.

“This project will boost employment by creating jobs and stimulating the economy, and help the government grow its clean energy strategy,” he said.

He pointed out that there’s high demand for LPG energy in Kenya and that the Asharami project was long over due.

Prices of clean energy are expected to go down and cushion most schools and hospitals that have for long depended on biogas .

“I am sure when the project is up and running there shall be massive restoration of forests from firewood cutting,” he added.

On his part the state department petroleum principal secretary Harsama Kello said the investment would revolutionise the energy sector supply chain.

He said 70 percent of Kenyans were still relying on kerosene, charcoal and firewood, but through the National LPG Growth Strategy Programme, the government would ensure all Kenyans had access to clean energy.

“With the National LPG growth strategy programme we will ensure all Kenyans have access to clean energy, and transition from firewood,” he said.

According to him employment from the project will go to local people in Changamwe, and the investment will lower the cost of gas in households.

“By 2028 we want to make that a reality, that reticulation in homes will be a reality and by launching Asharami LPG is one of the plans to make Kenya self-sufficient in gas supply,” he said adding, “We have started piping gas to our homes, and we have started that at Mukuru Kwa Njenga in Nairobi.”

KPRL and KPC PLC committed to work closely to ensure a world-class facility that will take 24 months to complete.

“We shall ensure that we comply with environmental requirements. Residents will benefit big in the project that will take 24 months,” said Mailu, KPRL general manager.

KPRL board chair Lillian Mahiri Zaja said the facility will ensure the company’s assets are protected.

“The future of the energy sector will be shaped by institutions we build for the country and for the future of our people,” she said.

EPRA director general Eng. Edward Kinyua said the multi-billion-shilling facility will spur the economy.

“We are losing 25,000 lives because of indoor pollution, therefore this is about saving lives,” he said.

The project supports the government agenda of moving from biomass to LPG.

“Thirty-one percent of households use LPG, so we have like 70 percent using biomass. And the objective of the government is to grow the number of those using LPG. About 97 percent of schools are still using biomass and one of the ambitions by government is to change that,” he said.

According to him the government is experiencing a 15 percent uptake of LPG in the country, and has licensed about 1,080 households to use piped gas in affordable housing households.

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