Cut in electricity prices ease inflation to 5.39pc

A Kenya Power and Lighting Company employee inspects a meter box at the Kosovo area of Mathare slums. PHOTO | HEZRON NJOROGE | NMG

The rate of inflation in the country defied the marginal increases in prices of food to ease for the fourth month in a row, helped by lower prices of electricity.

Data by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) released on Monday showed the rate of increase of basic goods and services dropped to 5.39 per cent in January from a high of 5.73 per cent in December.

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