The overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 5.7 per cent, in March 2024. This means that in March 2024, the general price level was 5.7 per cent higher than that March 2023. This was mainly driven by increases in prices of commodities under Transport (9.7%); Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other
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2023/24 Kenya Housing Survey
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, together with the State Department for Housing and Urban Development, are conducting the 2023/24 Kenya Housing Survey. This is the second survey of its kind, with the first undertaken in 2011/12.
The main objective of the survey is to provide up-to-d
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The overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 6.3 per cent, in February 2024. This means that in February 2024, the general price level was 6.3 per cent higher than that of February 2023. This was mainly driven by increases in prices of commodities under Transport (10.8%); Housing, Water, Electricity,
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The overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 6.9 per cent, in January 2024. This means that in January 2024, the general price level was 6.9 per cent higher than that of January 2023. This was mainly driven by increases in prices of commodities under Transport (10.6%); Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas
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The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases Construction Input Price Indices (CIPI) for the fourth quarter of 2023. The CIPI comprises of the Construction Inflation, Overall Construction Cost Indices, Building Cost Indices and Civil Engineering Cost Indices as shown in Tables 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. The indices are generated fro
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