Month: March 2018

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases monthly Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation, for March, 2018. These numbers were generated by conducting a survey of retail prices for a basket of household consumption goods and services, during the second and third weeks of the month under review. The prices were obtained from selected retail outlets in 25 data collection zones spread across Nairobi and 13 other urban centers.

The CPI increased by 1.39 per cent from 188.00 in February 2018 to 190.62 in March 2018. The overall year on year inflation stood at 4.18 per cent in March 2018. 

CPI and rates of inflation for March 2018 548.84 KB 1460 downloads

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Rationale for Implementation of 2015/16 KIHBS

• Provide updated parameters for sharing of national resources as provided in the Constitution of Kenya, 2010
• Provide a wide range of national and county-specific indicators necessary for assessment of the living standards of the population.
• Monitoring the impact of the Implementation of the devolved system of Government
• Monitor and evaluate Government programmes. eg Medium Term Plan (MTP II) and to provide benchmark indicators for Medium Term Plan III
• Provide indicators for monitoring Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2063

The objectives of the 2015/16 KIHBS were:

• Computation of updated poverty and inequality indicators at national and county levels
• Computation of updated labour force indicators
• Computation of updated consumption baskets to produce new Consumer Price Index (CPI) series
• Provide requisite data for the System of National Accounts (SNA)

History of Household Budget Surveys (HBS): –

• 1981/82 Rural Household Budget Survey (RHBS)
• 1983/84 Urban Household Budget Survey (UHBS)
• 1993/94 Urban Household Budget Survey (UHBS)
• Welfare Monitoring Surveys (WMS)- 1992;1994;1997
• 2005/06 Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS)

2015/16 Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey KIHBS

• Survey conducted over a 12-month period to capture seasonality- from September 2015 to August 2016.
• Recommended duration for implementation of Household Budget Surveys is once every five years

Methodology

• 2015/16 KIHBS targeted a sample of 24,000 households drawn from 2400 clusters
• Sampling- The sampling for the survey was done in two stages.
• In the first stage, a total of 2,400 clusters (988 in urban and 1,412 in rural areas) were sampled from NASSEP V sampling frame
• The second stage involved selection of 10 households (from each cluster) out of which five households were randomly selected for the administration of diaries

Survey Instruments

• Three main questionnaires and two dairies were administered to the household
• One market questionnaire and a community questionnaire
• Survey instruments were administered using the Paper Assisted Personal Interview (PAPI)

Response Rates

• Data was obtained from 21,773 Households representing a response rate of 91.3 Per cent
• Response rate for rural households was 93.6% while that for Urban areas was 88.0%.
• The non-response albeit low was occasioned by insecurity and unavailability of households due to nomadism in some parts of the country

Basic Report on Well Being in Kenya 1.41 MB 3959 downloads

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Labour Force Basic Report 3.91 MB 2752 downloads

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Basic Report 0.00 KB 3502 downloads

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Highlights of the 2015/16 Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS) Reports 947.82 KB 4783 downloads

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The Leading Economic Indicators highlights trends in Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and inflation, interest rates, exchange rates, international trade, agriculture, energy, manufacturing, building and construction, tour-ism and transport.
Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased from 183.05 points in December 2017 to 185.47 points in January 2018. The overall rate of inflation rose from 4.50 per cent to 4.83 per cent during the same period. In January 2018, the Kenyan Shilling depreciated against the major trading currencies except for the US Dollar, the Ugandan shilling and the Tanzanian shilling. The average yield rate for the 91-day Treasury bills, which is a benchmark for the general trend of interest rates increased from 8.01 per cent in December 2017 to 8.04 in January 2018, while the inter-bank rate dropped from 7.27 per cent in December 2017 to 6.21 per cent in January 2018.
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) 20 share index increased from 3,711 points in December 2017 to 3,737 points in January 2018, while the total number of shares traded rose from 451 million shares to 862 mil-lion shares during the same period. The total value of NSE shares traded increased from KSh 11.87 billion in December 2017 to KSh 20.34 billion in January 2018.
Broad money supply (M3), a key indicator for monetary policy formulation, decreased from KSh 3,028.14 bil-lion in December 2017 to KSh 3,020.85 billion in January 2018. Gross Foreign Exchange Reserves increased from KSh 996.56 billion in December 2017 to KSh 1,000.19 billion in January 2018. Net Foreign Exchange Reserves increased from KSh 519.93 billion in December 2017 to KSh 541.63 billion in January 2018.

Leading Economic Indicator January 2018 2.14 MB 3659 downloads

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As we celebrate the International Women’s Day, find herein Important dates for women in Kenya since 1950s
1952 First African women’s organization formed (MYWO)
1955 First group of women admitted to University of Nairobi
1958 First African woman joins the Legislative Council
1959 First African woman becomes president of the giant MYWO
1960 First African woman ventures into broadcasting
1961 First African woman attends the Lancaster constitutional talks in London
1963 Women given the right to vote
1964 First group of African women joins the trade union movement
1964 Equality opportunity act established
1964 Maternity leave granted for women
1964 Basic pension adopted for women
1967 First woman magistrate appointed
1968 First woman appointed mayor
1969 First woman becomes Member of parliament
1969 First woman appointed District Officer
1971 First woman in East and Central Africa earns PHD
1974 First woman appointed Assistant Minister
1976 Establishment of the Women’s Bureau
1982 Appointment of the First woman judge to the High Court of Kenya
1983 First women appointed to head public parastatal
1984 First woman Ambassador appointed
1986 First woman elected as clergy (PCEA)
1986 First woman appointed to senior diplomatic mission
1987 First woman Permanent Secretary
1993 House allowance granted to women in the public sector
1995 First woman appointed to the cabinet
1995 First female Kenyan pilot
1997 First woman vies for presidency
1999 First woman appointed Provincial Commissioner
2004 First African (Kenyan) woman to qualify to captain a commercial aircraft.
2005 First woman appointed to chair WTO’s general council
2013 Appointment of first woman as deputy inspector General of police.
2017 First Three Women elected as Governors
2017 First Two Women elected as Senators
2017 Kenyan government adopts the basic education amendment bill that was signed into law making it mandatory for the government to supply free, sufficient and quality sanitary towels to every girl child registered and enrolled in a public basic education institution.

Women and Men in Kenya Facts and Figures 2017 1.37 MB 6876 downloads

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