Nairobi, May 7 -- TotalEnergies Marketing Kenya has turned to a Sh700 cooking gas refill package to grow sales among low-income households in the wake of escalating prices of the commodity.

The firm says thousands of low-income homes are currently using the three-kilogramme package dubbed Baby Meko, which primarily targets financially vulnerable households.

The three-kilogramme Baby Meko was launched towards the end of last year as TotalEnergies raced to tap into a large market left open following the abrupt exit of clean energy firm Koko Networks and escalating prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

Koko exited Kenya in the first week of January this year after months of cash constraints, having failed to secure government approval ...