Kenya's inflation rate at 9.6 per cent

Price of maize flour sifted dropped by 1.7 per cent between September 2022 and October 2022 though relative to October 2021 the prices remained high. [File, Standard]

Kenya's cost of living has risen for the eighth consecutive month to hit 9.2l6 per cent in October as food, fuel and electricity prices continued to rise.

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics data released Monday showed inflation rose from September's 9.2 per cent to mark the fifth straight month above the government's desired upper limit of 7.5 per cent.