Lower food prices push inflation rate to 6.62 per cent in July

Kenya's cost of living index unexpectedly fell to 6.62 per cent in the month of July down from 7.03 per cent in June, 2015. This decline has been attributed to a drop in the price of foodstuffs, which consumes the largest portion of household budgets including maize flour, cabbages, sukuma wiki and potatoes as well as cooking gas.

According to figures from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, the food and non-alcoholic drinks index decreased by 0.6 per cent between June and July as observed from decreases in prices of various food items.