High cost of living Stories

Despite the combination of wealth tax and redistribution policies over the past years, the levels of poverty are still high, continuously extending th...

The annual World Happiness Report 2025 edition, ranks Kenya at position 115 out of 147 surveyed countries.

Slightly over one-third of Kenyans have increased their borrowing, a trend that aligns with rising living costs and delays in income.

Kenya's annual inflation rate rose to a five-month high of 3.5 per cent in February 2025, from 3.3 per cent in January driven by higher prices of food...

The report released on Friday also revealed that access to quality and affordable healthcare was ranked third, with 27 per cent of Kenyans citing it a...

KNBS says the price of commodities such as potatoes, beef, oranges, fare, monthly rent, and electricity prices increased in the last one month.

Currently, the residents purchase a tomato at Sh20 from the previous Sh 5 while one cabbage goes for Sh110 up from Sh40.

FKE said the cost of doing business in the country has become unsustainable since the enactment and implementation of the Finance Act 2023.