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Kenyans struggle with low purchasing power amid high cost of living
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Mar 05, 2025

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...

Inflation up to 3.5 per cent in February on increased food and transport costs
Alfred Onyango  |  Feb 28, 2025

Notably, core inflation, which measures the cost of living excluding volatile components like food and energy prices from the overall Consumer Price I...

Headteachers urge government to raise school fees citing rising costs, inflation
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 18, 2025

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.

Australia overtakes Germany, Saudi Arabia as fastest-growing source of Kenyan remittances
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 17, 2025

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...

Consumers brace for tougher times as report shows global rise in food prices
Alfred Onyango  |  Feb 07, 2025

Ideally, when agricultural, cereal and export price indices increase, it often signals a rise in the cost of essential food commodities like grains an...

Inflation rises to 3.3% in January as consumer prices go up
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 01, 2025

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.

Kenya to start publishing core inflation data to boost targeting
Reuters  |  Jan 22, 2025

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...

Kenya's private sector activity dips slightly in December amid rising inflation
Alfred Onyango  |  Jan 07, 2025

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...

Escalating Red Sea vessel attacks risk negating Kenya’s easing inflation as shipment of essential goods affected
Alfred Onyango  |  Jan 04, 2025

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...

Relief as workers’ real wage growth starts rising on easing inflation
Alfred Onyango  |  Jan 02, 2025

A recent report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), reveals that the real average wage growth has started to rise again as inflation progr...

Increased food, power, transport costs push inflation to 3 per cent in December
Alfred Onyango  |  Dec 31, 2024

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...

Things are tough, lobby group says, dismisses Ruto's economic recovery claims
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 16, 2024

The group criticised the government's fiscal austerity measures, which they claimed were ineffective in addressing widespread corruption.

World Bank cuts Kenya's 2024 growth estimate to 4.7 per cent on fiscal challenges
Reuters  |  Dec 10, 2024

Kenya has managed to stabilise its foreign exchange rate, boost hard currency reserves held by the Central Bank and lower inflation this year.

Government increases registration fees for birth, death certificates by 300 per cent
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 04, 2024

The revised fees come as part of a broader effort by the government to increase charges across various immigration and civil registration services.

Ghana risks government shutdown if no budget passed before election
Reuters  |  Dec 02, 2024

The government might have to cut back on interest payments and funding for the transition, he added, unless a budget is passed in December.

Kenya's inflation rises marginally to 2.8 per cent in November
Alfred Onyango  |  Nov 29, 2024

Prices of sugar, maize flour-sifted and fortified maize flour rose by 5.3, 5.1 and 4.9 per cent, respectively, between October 2024 and November 2024.

How a rising dollar could hurt African economies
DW News  |  Nov 16, 2024

Donald Trump's second-term policies could push the US dollar higher, igniting inflation and debt costs in developing nations. Several African states a...

Cabinet lauds Kenya's economic stability as inflation hits 17-year low
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 14, 2024

The 2.7 per cent inflation rate is a substantial drop from 9.6 per cent in September 2022 and the lowest inflation rate since 2007, when President Mwa...

Egypt's headline inflation inches up to 26.5% in October
Reuters  |  Nov 10, 2024

Food prices also rose by 1.1% compared with 2.6% in September. October food prices were 27.3% higher than they were a year earlier.

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