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By Macharia Kamau and Njiraini Muchira
Illegal refilling of cooking cylinders has grown and is now taking a new twist, with the culprits targeting petrol stations and stealing with cylinders, both empty and filled.
Major oil marketers say there has been a significant increase in theft of gas cylinders at retail outlets and they are pointing fingers at the authorities for a lacklustre enforcement of the regulations governing trade in cooking gas.
Growth in demand for cooking gas over the years and an eroded spending power among Kenyans has also been cited as among factors fuelling growth of the illicit industry segment.
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