Ethanol Blends

Kenya and Uganda allow the blending of ethanol into gasoline at 10% v/v. Uganda has specifications for gasoline with 5% v/v and 10% v/v ethanol in the market, both based on standard US 933:2011 Gasohol - Specification for E5 and E10.

Kenya drafted a Roadmap for Biofuels in 2008 to encourage the blending of ethanol and biodiesel into conventional fuels. Even if there is some production of ethanol in both countries, there are no records of Kenya or Uganda blending ethanol into gasoline consistently.

Tanzania used to allow a blend ethanol of 9.5% v/v in the TZS 672:2009 - previous gasoline standard. Since the new TSZ 672:2012 (mirroring EAS 158:2012) Automotive gasoline standard was implemented, the reference to the ethanol specifications disappeared. In any case, ethanol has not