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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...

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.

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...

Kenya's inflation down to 11-year low in September
Alfred Onyango  |  Oct 02, 2024

The record is the lowest in the past decade as a similar mark was recorded in January 2013.

June inflation down to four-year low on easing food prices
Alfred Onyango  |  Jun 30, 2024

The level is the lowest record in the past four years, as a similar mark was last recorded in June 2020.

Kenyans say reports of an improved economy not matching reality
Alfred Onyango  |  Jun 14, 2024

A recent Infotrak poll showed the majority of Kenyans — 58 per cent — felt the country was headed in the wrong direction economically

Kenya's inflation rate rises to 6.9 per cent in January
Apollo Ochieng  |  Feb 01, 2024

The general price level of commodities reflected a continued rise in the cost of living for many households.

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