Sharp rise in paraffin prices hits consumer

Kerosene prices have doubled in the past two years due to a blend of higher taxes and rising global oil costs. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kerosene prices have doubled in the past two years due to a blend of higher taxes and rising global oil costs, hurting consumers that use the fuel for lighting and powering their cook stoves.

Aside from home use by low-income earners, small-time fishermen worldwide have for long relied on kerosene lamps to provide vision during their nighttime fishing.

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