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Inflation rate rises to 6.9 per cent as food and electricity prices soar

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Unga packets on display at Naivas Supermarket. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Kenya's cost of living rose to 6.9 per cent in October, up from 6.8 per cent in September, reversing a downward trend that had lasted for several months, according to a report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).

The report, released on Wednesday, November 1, attributed the increase in the inflation rate to the rise in prices of commodities such as food and electricity.

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