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Households defy rising gas prices as consumption surges

 

A man carrying cooking gas on his head along Muindi Mbingu street,Nairobi [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

Kenyans last year defied the increasing cost of cooking gas to increase consumption of the commodity.

The usage of cooking gas among Kenyan households increased 15 per cent over 10 months to October last year to 341,340 metric tonnes from 296,840 tonnes over a similar period...