Higher food, transport prices push inflation to a 14-month high

Inflation rate rose from 4.1 percent in July and was the highest since hitting 6.2 percent in June 2024.

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Higher prices of food and transport pushed up inflation to 4.5 percent in August, hitting a 14-month high, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has said.

The inflation rate rose from 4.1 percent in July and was the highest since hitting 6.2 percent in June 2024, mostly accounted for by prices of short-term food crops.

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