Falling food prices ease budget strain

Maize traders in Kisii market. PHOTO | BENSON MOMANYI | NMG

Prices of key food items have continued to fall as drought conditions in the country abate, easing the pinch that Kenyans have been experiencing on their household budgets.

Latest food prices published by the Agriculture Food Authority (AFA) show that prices of maize, green vegetables, wheat, sugar and potatoes have fallen, which bodes well for the cost of living (inflation), which rose by 8.04 per cent in the year to August.

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