By JAMES KARIUKIMore by this AuthorThe government plans to introduce smart trackers to curb proliferation of faulty and half-filled liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders. Under the arrangement, marketers and the government will monitor the refill, sale and distribution of cylinders, thereby providing them with crucial data on cooking gas usage and movement. This creates a new avenue for State agencies to crack down on cartels that endanger lives through supply of half-filled and defective cylinders. The unlicensed LPG refillers who operate across the country at undesignated points use branded LPG cylinders which they sneak into the market. According to a notice placed in newspapers by the Energy and Petroleum Principal Secretary’s office, “the smart cylinder project is a unique, anti-counterfeiting, marketing and digital asset control system that covers the entire distribution chain.

Source: Daily Nation September 17, 2017 11:15 UTC