The overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 6.7 per cent, in August 2023. During the reference month, all sectors continued to record general increase in prices. Prices of commodities under Transport; Food and Non-alcoholic Beverages; and Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other fuels, increased by
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The overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 7.3 per cent, in July 2023. The inflation was largely due to increase in prices of commodities under Transport (13.0%); Food and Non-alcoholic Beverages (8.6%); and Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other fuels (7.8%) between July 2022 and July 2023. <
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Generally, the 2022 KDHS shows an improvement in many of the health indicators. The total fertility rate (TFR) was 3.4 children per woman, having declined from 3.9 as reported in 2014 KDHS. The TFR has been on a declining trend from a high of 8.1 recorded in 1977–78 Kenya Fertility Survey (KFS). The use of modern methods of family planning amo
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The overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 7.9 per cent, in June 2023. The inflation was largely due to increase in prices of commodities under Food and Non-alcoholic Beverages (10.3%); and Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other fuels (9.4%); and Transport (9.4%) between June 2022 and June 2023.
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The overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 8.0 per cent, in May 2023. As presented in Tables 1 and 2, the increase in inflation was largely due to increase in prices of commodities under Food and Non-alcoholic Beverages (10.2%); and Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other fuels (9.7%); and Transp
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