Cost of living eases in September, KNBS figures indicate

Opposition leader Raila Odinga at a city supermarket. [Photo: Pius Cheruiyot, Standard]

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya’s inflation fell to 7.06 percent year-on-year in September, from 8.04 percent a month earlier, pushed by a fall in some food prices the statistics office said on Friday.

Month on month, inflation was -0.57 percent, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement. Inflation for the food and non-Alcoholic beverages was -1.28 percent during the month. The category has a 36.04 percent weight in the goods used to calculate inflation

Kenya’s inflation fell to 7.06 percent year-on-year in September, from 8.04 percent a month earlier, pushed by a fall in some food prices the statistics office said on Friday.

Month on month, inflation was -0.57 percent, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement. Inflation for the food and non-Alcoholic beverages was -1.28 percent during the month. The category has a 36.04 percent weight in the goods used to calculate inflation.