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Households defy gas price hike as uptake jumps 9pc
The State will import 30 percent of cooking gas through the National Oil Corporation of Kenya in a move aimed at controlling the price of the commodity. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA | NMG
Households and businesses increased their consumption of cooking gas in the six months ended December by 9.1 percent, defying a sharp increase in the price of the commodity in the review period.
Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that consumption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) hit 182,540 tonnes in the period, up from 167,200 tonnes a year earlier.
