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What Kenya should consider to tame the sky-high cost of living

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A worker arranges the cooking oil products at Khetia Supermaket in Nyeri, on September 20, 2023. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

High cost of living in a high-inflation environment has huge implications on social welfare.

It erodes the purchasing power of consumers, depriving them of opportunity to access necessities like food and healthcare. Food and fuel prices have been the major drivers of the cost of living as a result of prolonged drought in 2022 and disruptions of supply chains especially with the Russia-Ukraine war.

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