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Kenya’s inflation rises on higher school fees, power charges
Customers do last-minute school shopping at Veghela Bookshop in Kakamega town on Sunday ahead of the reopening of schools for the first term on Monday, January 8, 2024. PHOTO | ISAAC WALE | NMG
Kenya’s consumer prices in January rose at the fastest pace in four months because of largely higher costs of school fees, electricity, clothing, financing and renewed upward pressure on foodstuffs.
Inflation — a measure of the increase in the cost of goods and services over the previous year — increased to 6.9 percent from 6.6 percent in December, according to official data.
