Food squeezes households as inflation hits 6.6pc

Kenya’s average consumer prices rose for the second month in a row to 6.6 percent in August as food and commuting costs squeezed family budgets.

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) said on Monday that inflation – a measure of growth in average cost of goods and services over the previous year – shot from 6.5 percent in July.

The average price increments in August extended a period of elevated inflation that began with the US-Israel war on Iran, with the rate remaining above five percent for the fifth consecutive month.

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