State House seeks charcoal suppliers amid logging ban

A Kenya Forest Service officer guards seized charcoal in Marsabit. FILE PHOTO | NMG

State House is set to spend taxpayers’ cash on charcoal despite President Uhuru Kenyatta’s push for clean energy.

In a tender notice published Tuesday, the State House has invited bids for the supply of charcoal (and liquefied petroleum gas) for cooking, and supply for general office stationery (pencils and books, document folders and files), among other items.

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