Food squeezes households as inflation hits 6.6pc

 A trader sorting commodities at her grocery stand in Kiawara market, Nyeri County on December 24, 2024.

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Kenya’s average consumer prices rose for the second month in a row to 6.6 percent in August as food and commuting costs squeezed family budgets.

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) said on Monday that inflation – a measure of growth in average cost of goods and services over the previous year – shot from 6.5 percent in July.

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