Inflation hits seven-month on surging prices of cooking oil, soap, gas



Business Daily | by Constant Munda


Kenya’s inflation has hit a seven-month high on the back of a jump in prices of essential items like cooking oil, soap and cooking gas in the last 12 months, further squeezing the largely stagnant earnings of households.

The inflation — a measure of annual changes in the cost of living — hit 6.47 percent in April from 5.56 percent in the prior month, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics reported on Thursday…

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