At least Sh60 million pumped by the government into the low-cost cooking gas project may have been lost, Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has said, citing faulty cylinders supplied for use in the scheme and poor implementation.
The project, which resumed in 2022 after stalling for years, is meant to wean poor households from the use of dirty wood fuel by providing them with liquefied petroleum gas cylinders, grills, and burners to households at subsidized prices.