Charcoal prices increase 27pc on logging ban

A charcoal trader at Makina market in Kibera, Nairobi. file PHOTO | NMG

Low-income households continue to bear the brunt of the temporary ban on logging that has pushed up charcoal prices by 27 per cent in the past month.

Latest Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) data shows the price of charcoal rose to an average of Sh107 per four-kilogramme tin in March.

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