Costly transport pushes inflation to second-highest level in 30 months

Transport costs increased 10 percent in April compared with a year earlier, and then climbed further to 16.5 percent in May.

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Kenya’s average year-on-year consumer inflation rose to 6.5 percent in July, the second-highest level in 30 months, largely on elevated transport costs.

Data by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) showed that the annual inflation—a measure of growth in average cost of goods and services over the previous year—edged up from 6.4 percent in June.

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