Companies that provide cooking gas services have reported shortage of the commodity in Mogadishu. Gas suppliers told Mustaqbal Media that demand for the cooking gas increased during Ramadan and thus companies supplied more gas than they did in the previous months.
The price of 13KG cooking gas that is commonly used in households used to trade at USD 22 but it sharply rose to USD 28 in the middle of Ramadan! There is a shortage of the item reported by most companies dealing with it.
Fuel companies in Mogadishu attributed the shortage to increase of demand, the consumption increasing sharply during Ramadan, low charcoal supply as a result of floods and the season among other factors.
Gas & Charcoal
Although there is no official research on how gas consumption reduces the use of coal, gas suppliers have told Mustaqbal that the proximity of price in gas and charcoal has resulted in higher gas consumption as gas consumption is better in terms of cleanliness, is faster and can be safe.
Recently, residents of Jowhar Town complained of the sky rocketing of essential Commodities as a result of the sorry flood situation in the region.
