Experts: Why your pockets are still empty despite lower prices

Customers buy pineapples in Kisii town.The fruits that are sourced from Uganda are in excess supply in the local market pushing down the prices. [File,Standard]

Kenyans are finding it harder to make ends meet despite government data showing the economic situation has improved in the last two years.

Several experts have weighed in on this paradox between the micro and macro indicators, which has left many Kenyans unable to translate the low inflation and improved exchange rate into better living standards.

Numbers presented by National Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo at a recent discussion with economic experts showed how the prices of basic items such as sugar and wheat flour have gone down over the last 12 months.