Poor families pay highest cost for charcoal after logging ban

A lorry intercepted for ferrying charcoal. FILE PHOTO | BONIFACE MWANIKI | NMG

The extended ban on logging has pushed charcoal prices to an average of Sh3,000 per bag, hitting hard the budgets of low-income households that use the commodity for cooking.

Latest market reports indicate the price has shot up more than 20 per cent from an average Sh2,500 at end of February when the three-month suspension on logging in all forests was imposed.

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