Inflation falls in January though food prices rise

Kenya’s inflation fell to 7.78 per cent year-on-year in January, from 8.01 per cent the previous month, though rises in the prices of some foodstuffs kept it high, the statistics office said.

The food and non-alcoholic drinks index increased by 0.47 per cent between the months of December and January, driven by a “notable increases in prices of some food items,” the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement.