Tomatoes and sukuma wiki recorded the sharpest price increases in the year to December 2025, while electricity and fresh packaged milk posted the steepest declines, as annual inflation closed the year at 4.5 percent.
Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) show tomato prices rose 30.3 percent year-on-year, followed by sukuma wiki at 23.4 percent and mangoes at 23.1 percent, making them the biggest contributors to food inflation.
