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Kenya's inflation rate rises to 4.5 per cent in August

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Traders going about with their business at Soko Mjinga Market in Nyeri. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Kenya's inflation rate rose to 4.5 percent in August, up from 4.1 percent in July, driven mainly by higher food, transport, and alcohol prices, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).

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