This week we had to dig deep into our pockets to buy a bag of charcoal. Our current rate of a bag every two-and-a-half weeks was a rude reminder that we need to urgently buy liquid petroleum gas and make good use of the gas cooker, if we are to keep our energy budget in check.
Charcoal now costs sh45,000 and we were charged another sh3,000 to have it delivered to our house. The last time I wrote about charcoal in these pages was in March last year.
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