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High food, fuel prices push inflation to five-year high

CBK Governor Patrick Njoroge. [David Gichuru, Standard]

Kenyans will have to dig deeper into their pockets to afford basic commodities as the inflation rate hit a new high in August.

Data released by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) Wednesday, August 31, indicates that overall inflation rose from 8.3 per cent in July to 8.5 per cent for the month of August, the highest since June 2017.

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