A persistent surge in the global prices of cooking gas points to more inflationary pain for Kenyan households already grappling with higher bills for other fuels such as petrol.
The prices of butane and propane—the by-products of crude oil used in the manufacture of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) — have risen in the past months on increased demand but low supply in the Gulf countries, which are Kenya’s main source markets of cooking gas.
