From the start of the year Kenyans, including the media, have been talking about the rising cost of living by looking at the prevailing food prices.
According to the February consumer price index (CPI), the prices of food items such as cooking fat, capsicum (pilipili hoho), Irish potatoes (Irish) and sifted maize flour increased between January and February. In the same period, there was no change in prices of petrol and diesel until March.
