Increased prices of charcoal and kerosene sends inflation to three-month high

Janet Akinyi, a charcoal trader at Kondele in Kisumu County wait for her customers on March 21 2018. Following the ban of charcoal in some parts of the country, traders in Kisumu are now forced to source the commodity from the neighboring country of Uganda where a sack of charcoal now costs up to sh. 3200 from Sh600. Most homes in the middle and lower classes depend on charcoal as their source of fuel. (Collins Oduor, Standard)

Prices of charcoal and kerosene surged in the month of June sending inflation to 4.28 per cent, the highest in three months.