The overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 5.56 per cent, in March 2022. The rise in inflation was mainly due to an increase in prices of commodities under; food and non-alcoholic beverages (9.92 per cent); furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance (6.44 per cent); housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (4.91 per cent); and transport (3.66 per cent) between March 2021 and March 2022, as presented in Tables 1 and 2.
