Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-December 2009

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics is pleased to present the geometric Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and inflation rates pertaining to the month of December 2009 with base period as October 2005. The numbers have been generated through data collected within the second and third weeks of the month of review from selected retail outlets in 13 urban centers. The CPI computed using the geometric mean approach increased by 0.3 percent from
141.5 points in November 2009 to 141.9 points in December 2009. Month-on-month overall inflation rate stood at 5.3 percent in December