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State suspends distribution of subsidised gas cylinders to poor households

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A plan by the Government to migrate more than four million poor households to the cleaner liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has been suspended.

State-owned National Oil Corporation of Kenya (Nock) said the programme, which was on a pilot basis in Kajiado and Machakos, has been put off due to challenges in distributing the cheap gas cylinders, with some households irregularly taking more than one cylinder.

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