The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has reported an increase of 0.1 percent in the annual inflation rate between February 2025 and March 2025.
In its monthly report released on Tuesday, April 1, KNBS reported that March's inflation was 3.6 per cent, an increase from 3.5 per cent that was recorded in February.
Notably, in the report, the bureau indicated that 6 food items increased in prices, factors that played in the increase of inflation rate.
One of the food items that reported a significant increase in price is sukuma wiki. According to the report, the price of 1 kg of the vegetable increased by 6.2 per cent.
The price of 1 kg potatoes increased by 4.5 percent, while the price of 1kg maize grain increased by 3.3 percent.
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On the other hand, the price of 2 kg maize flour increased by 2.9 percent.
Other items were tomatoes (1kg), which increased by 1.3 percent and beef with bones (1 kg), which increased by 0.9 percent.
Meanwhile, some food items registered a decrease in prices, and this included 1 kg packet of sugar which dropped by 0.2 per cent. The price of 1kg beans dropped by 0.7 per cent.
Regarding non-food items, the price of air tickets and 50 kilowatts of electricity increased by 3.9 percent and 1 percent, respectively.
