For 41-year-old Jane Wangeci, a resident of Kibra, Nairobi, the high price of charcoal and kerosene has in the recent past meant changing cooking habits for her young family of four.
"We stopped preparing three meals a day because the cost of charcoal and kerosene has risen beyond our reach," Ms Wangeci said on Wednesday when the Nation visited her. "It is becoming unbearable."
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