July inflation climbs to 3-month high as tomato and cabbages take direct hit

A shopper at the Fruits and Grocery display at the Nakumatt Mega Supermarket,Uhuru Highway,Nairobi. June 18th,2015. Photo/Elvis Ogina (Nairobi)

Consumer prices have increased for the third month in a row pushing up prices of cabbage and tomato by more than 50 per cent during the month.

The latest changes are captured inflation data released yesterday by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). Inflation in July climbed to 6.39 per cent, up from 5.8 per cent posted in the previous month.