The laws contained in the Petroleum (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Regulations, 2019 specify huge fines for offenders with a design to push self-check among dealers. A truck loaded with cooking gas that was impounded at an illegal gas refilling plant in Karatina, Nyeri County, in August 2018. ESCAPE JUSTICEThe agencies are also said to be weakly joined in a multi-agency effort to root out the trade, another loophole that has seen various illegal dealers escape justice. The Petroleum (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Regulations, 2019 would fine them at least Sh10 million for it. “The circumstances of this case disclose offences under the Petroleum (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Regulations, 2019.

Source: Daily Nation July 07, 2020 06:56 UTC