Inflation Stories
The lender highlights the narrowing room for manoeuvre in the country’s budget, driven by ballooning debt servicing costs, persistent revenue shortfal...
The country’s resurgent inflation, driven by surging electricity and fuel costs, could force policymakers to consider rate hikes to keep price growth...
However, despite the anticipated fall, the lender notes that prices will remain higher than pre-Covid levels, reflecting ongoing supply chain challeng...
The surge in global commodity prices comes at a time when Kenya’s inflation has also been on the rise, mirroring a trend that began in October last ye...
Job creation also quickened in the period under review, the strongest observed in nearly one year, as firms looked to ease pressure on workloads.
Inflation has now risen for six straight months, hitting 4.1 per cent in April, up from 2.7 per cent in October 2024, even as the Kenyan Shilling bega...
Ideally, if the bill sails through to become law, it means employees who receive per diem payments for travel, accommodation, or other work-related ex...
As inflation continues to outpace wage growth, workers are being forced to make tough decisions, cutting back on non-essential purchases and adopting...
The record marks the sixth consecutive month of rising living costs since October last year, highlighting increasing worries about affordability and e...
In real figure terms, the 14 per cent gain during the quarter means importers in the country were spending Sh14 less to buy a dollar for importation c...
The record marks the fifth consecutive month of rising inflation since October last year.
The March edition of food security update by the World Bank shows a drop in the agricultural, cereal and export price indices by 8, 4 and 11 percent,...
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...
Notably, core inflation, which measures the cost of living excluding volatile components like food and energy prices from the overall Consumer Price I...
The proposal suggests that fees in national schools be raised from the current Sh53,554 to Sh73,182 per year, an increase of Sh19,628.
Overall, remittances from Kenyans abroad grew by 18.03 per cent year-on-year to nearly $4.95 billion (Sh637.93 billion), marking the highest growth in...
Ideally, when agricultural, cereal and export price indices increase, it often signals a rise in the cost of essential food commodities like grains an...
Core inflation, which excludes food, fuel, and transport, stood at 2.0 per cent in January, slightly lower than the 2.2 per cent recorded in December.
Policymakers argue it is hard to attain price stability in the economy using monetary tools when the food and fuel components of inflation are include...
Attributing the slight dip to inflation, the Index says the sharp increase in input costs at the end of the year led private sector firms to raise sel...
The ongoing attacks and tensions have severely impacted the flow of goods through the Suez Canal, with the 7-day moving average of container traffic f...
A recent report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), reveals that the real average wage growth has started to rise again as inflation progr...
This seasonal spike, along with increases in prices of some food commodities and power, pushed up the country's inflation rate to 3.0 per cent in Dece...
The group criticised the government's fiscal austerity measures, which they claimed were ineffective in addressing widespread corruption.
Kenya has managed to stabilise its foreign exchange rate, boost hard currency reserves held by the Central Bank and lower inflation this year.
The revised fees come as part of a broader effort by the government to increase charges across various immigration and civil registration services.
The government might have to cut back on interest payments and funding for the transition, he added, unless a budget is passed in December.
