Rising food and fuel prices lift inflation to four-year high

Diesel is retailing at Sh90.2 from Sh68.9 a year ago while kerosene went up 67.9 per cent to Sh68.20. PHOTO | FILE

Expensive food and fuel lifted Inflation to a four year high last month as the cost of living measure rose above the government’s target for the first time since January last year.

Inflation jumped to 9.04 per cent in February from 6.99 per cent a month earlier, data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows.

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