Botched cooking gas plan hits poor homes hardest

More than four million households were to be supplied with a six-kilo cooking gas cylinders and burners. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Low-income households have borne the brunt of a botched cheaper cooking gas plan, with prices of kerosene and charcoal rising rapidly in the past three years.

Prices of the two commodities have doubled since 2016, an analysis of the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) data shows, hitting hardest the poorer homes that largely rely on them for cooking and lighting.

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