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Rising taxes, stifling policies heat up cooking gas market

Global prices of gas have been going up owing to increased demand. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

The price of cooking gas has shot up after the government imposed a 16 per cent value-added tax (VAT) on the essential fuel.

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