The costly vegetables at odds with record-low inflation

Irish potatoes

Irish potatoes on sale outside Country Bus Station in Nairobi.

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Vegetable prices have remained high on supply and production disruptions, even though overall inflation fell to a record 12-year low of 3.6 percent in September.

The price of vegetables, including onions, cabbages, spinach, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots and sukuma wiki, rose by an average of 22.1 percent in September compared to the same time last year, although overall food inflation stood at just 5.1 percent, according to data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).

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