The Corporation signed a milestone Memorandum of Understanding on 20th August 2019
with CFAO Kenya Limited (a Toyota Tshusho Group Company) and National Housing
Corporation (NHC) to implement LPG reticulation for NHC residential units. The project
will kick off with NHC’s 75 residential apartments located in Nairobi’s South B estate. The
units are expected to be fully reticulated by end of December 2019 before being rolled out to other areas. An LPG reticulation system involves distribution of LPG to several housing units through piping which sees multiple customers served from one centralized bulk storage tank.

This is not only a cost effective option for consumers as they do not each have to invest in an LPG cylinder but also ensures safety through centralization of the LPG storage unit which makes it easy to isolate and shut off gas supply in case of an emergency.

In addition, customers enjoy the peace of mind of knowing that their LPG will not run out as they cook as is the case with supply through cylinders. In addition customers do not have to carry heavy cylinders especially for those living in storied units. In this partnership, National Oil will supply the bulk gas under its LPG brand SupaGas and
provide technical personnel to oversee the setup of the reticulation. CFAO Kenya will set up the reticulation infrastructure while NHC will provide access to its housing units.

This is a key milestone in support of the President’s Big Four agenda on affordable housing a key feature of which is reticulation technologies for the housing units. Speaking during the MOU signing event, National Oil CEO MaryJane Mwangi expressed optimism that the project will be a game changer on safe use of LPG in the country.