Inflation hits 65-month high as subsidies end

Beatrice Bahati arranging sweet potatoes at City Park Market. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya’s cost-of-living measure hit a 65-month high in President William Ruto’s first full month in office on the back of runaway food prices, fuel as well as home equipment and appliances, the statistics agency reported Monday.

Inflation — a measure of cost of living over the last 12 months — climbed to 9.6 percent in October from 9.2 percent a month earlier.

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