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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR>A local opinion:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001262932/africa-s-future-lies-in-energy-saving-jiko"><span lang=PT-BR>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001262932/africa-s-future-lies-in-energy-saving-jiko</span></a><span lang=PT-BR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:15.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:42.75pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#252525'>Africa’s future lies in energy-saving jiko<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=date1><span lang=EN style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#333333'><a href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/author/David-Manoa">By David Manoa</a></span></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#333333'> | </span><span class=writer><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif'>Published Wed, December 13th 2017 at 00:00, Updated December 12th 2017 at 22:24 GMT +3</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#333333'>Also,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"PT Serif";color:#4D4D4D'>Charcoal costs hit new record as cooking gas demand drops<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans";color:#AA8C73;text-transform:uppercase'>Sunday, December 10, 2017 22:00</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans";color:#AA8C73;text-transform:uppercase'>By TIMOTHY ODINGA</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:9.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1D2129'>''Charcoal prices have hit a new record in a period that has seen demand for cooking gas fall on rising costs.<br>Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that the price of charcoal in a four-kilogramme tin has steadily risen to an average of Sh81.91, the highest since the agency started making public monthly prices of the commodity in 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:9.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1D2129'>Charcoal prices have more than doubled since 2008 when the tin retailed at an average of Sh35, a blow to low-income h...ouseholds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:9.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1D2129'>But gas prices have been rising since March with the 13kg cylinder currently retailing at Sh2,250 from slightly below Sh2,000 in March. This has triggered a drop in consumption from 5,690 tonnes in the three months to March to 3,790 tonnes in the quarter to July, a 33 per cent drop. '' from the <br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BusinessDailyAfrica/?fref=mentions"><span style='color:#365899;text-decoration:none'>BUSINESS DAILY AFRICA</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#333333'><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/economy/Charcoal-costs-hit-new-record-as-cooking-gas-demand-drops/3946234-4222584-yl3ikrz/index.html">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/economy/Charcoal-costs-hit-new-record-as-cooking-gas-demand-drops/3946234-4222584-yl3ikrz/index.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>