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Going gets tough as food inflation drives up prices

The state statistician attributes the rise in cost of living to high food inflation that rose by 6.4 per cent.

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by VICTOR AMADALA

News03 March 2025 - 05:00
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In Summary


  • Last Friday, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics reported that inflation rose to 3.5 per cent in February, up from 3.3 per cent the previous month.
  • Economist Eddy Mukhabana says the latest increase in CPI further lowered the value of Sh1,000 to Sh590, down from Sh625 in December last year.

A trader and a customer at Kangemi’s Harambee market yesterday /ENOS TECHE

It is 3pm in Nairobi.

Faith, a receptionist at a city restaurant, is enjoying the refreshing controlled temperatures at Naivas Supermarket after enduring the unusual scorching sun and heatwave in Kenya’s capital for nearly two months.

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