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Kenya Registers Lowest Inflation Rate in December at 4.5pc

BY David Indeje · December 30, 2017 07:12 am

Kenya registered an inflation rate of 4.5 percent in December from 4.73 percent, the lowest rate since May 2013 and significantly lower rate than the 11.7 percent reached in May according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).

According to the KNBS, “ The overall year on year inflation stood at 4.50 per cent in December 2017,” attributed to a slower rise in food and non-alcoholic drink prices.

During the review period, between November and December 2017, Food and Non-Alcoholic Drinks’ Index increased by 0.25 per cent.

“This was mainly due to increases in prices of some foodstuffs which outweighed the falls in others. However, the year on year food inflation dropped from 5.79 per cent in November to 4.68 per cent in December 2017.”

Kenya Inflation from January to December 2017
During the same review period; Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels’ Index, increased by 0.27 per cent which was attributed to slight increases in prices of charcoal and kerosene.

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The Transport Index recorded an increase of 2.44 per cent in December compared to November 2017, on account of increase in pump prices of both petrol and diesel as well as higher bus fares associated with Christmas festivals.

According to data from the KNBS, Consumer Price Index (CPI), measured as the weighted average of prices of goods and services, increased by an average of 0.75 per cent between April and May 2017 with food and non-alcoholic beverages CPI dramatically shooting up by 21.5 per cent between May 2016 and May 2017.

Between May 2016 and May 2017, the price of sugar soared from KSh110 to KSh170 per kilo; milk from KSh50 to KSh65 per 500ml packet and maize grains from Sh85 to KSh130 per 2kg container.

Since 2015, Kenya has experienced shortages of the staple food, maize, and other basic commodities such as sugar. The annual food inflation rate stood at 18.6 percent in March, forcing households to tighten their belts.

In November, the CBK’ Monetary policy Committee retained the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 10.0 percent citing inflationary pressures in the economy were muted, and inflation was expected to continue to decline in the short term.

David Indeje is a writer and editor, with interests on how technology is changing journalism, government, Health, and Gender Development stories are his passion. Follow on Twitter @David_Indeje David can be reached on: (020) 528 0222 / Email: info@sokodirectory.com

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