Cost of living

• Shock as man commit suicide over hard life

  
  6 days ago
  A man, 36, committed suicide by jumping into a borehole in Matisi Estate, Kitale.

• Kadogo economy: Firms reduce quantity, avoid price raise to stay afloat

  
  6 days ago
  Manufacturers find ways of dealing with increased cost of production

• Cost of trading to rise in Kisumu

  
  1 week ago
  But residents are not happy about the new maternity charges.

• Cereal prices down as pastoralist counties lifted by livestock boom

  
  2 weeks ago
  The average wholesale price of a 90kg bag of maize in Eldoret dropped from Sh2,500 in January to Sh1,800 in August.

• Why Kenya’s high GDP growth is not putting food on table

  
  2 weeks ago
  Despite increased output, farmers cannot recover costs because of low prices.

• Emotions around new taxes ignore economic reality

  
  2 weeks ago
  Saddled with debt, the Government had to find a way out to fund its expenditure

• Nowhere to turn for Wanjiku as consumer prices jump by 5.7pc

  
  3 weeks ago
  Cost of living impacted by VAT imposed on fuel products.

• Meet your daughters’ needs or a sponsor will

  
  1 month ago
  I found it interesting how as usual, many Kenyans expressed outrage and righteous indignation at what they consider to be immoral culture of sponsors

• Kenyans to continue grappling with high fuel prices

  
  1 month ago
  In an admission of the tough times ahead, President Uhuru Kenyatta proposed to cut by a half the 16 per cent VAT imposed on petroleum product

• Why Uhuru’s bitter pill will not cure the high cost of living

  
  1 month ago
  ?Kenya has been thrown into a Catch 22 situation with the government struggling to dig itself out of a financial hole

• Why owning a home when young is hard

  
  1 month ago
  Young people hindered by a lack of access to finance, high cost of land, lack of collateral and high property prices

• Matatu operators protest against new tax as some hike fares

  
  1 month ago
  Demonstrators call for immediate resignation of National Treasury CS for going against the National Assembly directive to halt VAT

• All eyes on judges as fares shoot up

  
  1 month ago
  Two petitions may be the only hope for Kenyans reeling from a sharp rise in prices.

• Kenyans resist high cost of fuel

  
  1 month ago
  Orange Democratic Movement threatens to impeach Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich.

• Hard times: Poor to suffer as cost of goods will go up

  
  1 month ago
  Private sector says new VAT to increase cost of business and inflation

• New taxes hit Kenyans where it hurts most

  
  1 month ago
  Orange Democratic Movement threatens to impeach Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich.