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Sale of Kerosene dips 27pc on less cooking by the poor

Pupils from the Samburu pastoralists community use a kerosene lamp in Dol Dol in Laikipia. [George Mulala]

Consumption of kerosene dropped by more than a fifth last year, pointing to erosion of purchasing power by poor households, data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows.

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