World Bank: Price hikes denying 18pc of Kenyans a decent meal

Traders sorting wares at a market in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Close to a fifth of Kenyan families cannot afford a decent meal due to a sharp increase in food prices, a new World Bank report has indicated.

This comes even as an increasing number of families resorted to buying food and other essential items on credit as a coping mechanism against the high cost of living.