Job Kimani sorts out a variety of fruit products at the Eldoret main market in Uasin Gishu County [Peter Ochieng, Standard]
Kenya was among the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa whose citizens experienced the highest spike in food prices in February compared to the same month last year.
A new report by the World Bank says the rate at which food prices in Kenya increased over one year - technically known as food inflation - was close to that in war-ravaged countries on the continent.