Full-year vitality utilization information revealed by the Kenya Nationwide Bureau of Statistics reveal that the amount of LPG used final yr stood at 360,590 tonnes up from 333,820 recorded within the earlier yr.
The rise in utilization has been solely attributed to a steeper rise in different sources of cooking vitality.
Official information reveals that regardless of a slight enhance in LPG costs, different sources together with electrical energy posted bugger jumps in worth final yr.
The rise in the price of cooking fuels got here at a time when households had been re-arranging their budgets after hovering inflation compounded by elevated statutory deductions.
Knowledge from the 2019 Census reveal that LPG is the most well-liked cooking vitality in city areas with 53 p.c of households indicating its their main supply of vitality.
Rural utilization of unpolluted gasoline was low at 5.6 p.c with the nationwide common standing at 23.9 p.c.
The amount of Kerosene consumed over the yr dipped by 39 p.c to 54,620 tonnes from 89,360 within the earlier yr.
The gasoline, a distillate of crude and common amongst low-income households touched a document excessive retailing at Sh205.79 within the October- November evaluate.
The worth of a four-kilogram tin of charcoal jumped by 11 p.c within the one yr to December final yr to retail at Sh75.65.
The soiled fuels which trigger respiratory illnesses with utilization over time have additionally been linked to most cancers are common in slum setups in city areas, that is as a result of excessive incidence of poverty pushing households to the kadogo economic system.
Based on the Census information, 17.7 p.c of city households use paraffin/kerosene in comparison with 1.6 p.c within the rural set ups. Utilization of charcoal was additionally greater in city areas in comparison with rural areas standing at 17.7 p.c versus 7.7 p.c.
Campaigns and incentives to encourage the uptake of cleaner fuels reminiscent of LPG, have been on the rise to additionally assist obtain a cleaner setting by much less air pollution and diminished deforestation.
