Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-February 2020

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases the monthly Consumer Price
Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation, for February, 2020. These numbers were
generated from a survey of retail prices that targeted a basket of household
consumption goods and services. The exercise was conducted during the second and
third weeks of the month, with prices being obtained from selected retail outlets in
25 data collection zones in Nairobi and in 13 other urban centers.
The CPI increased by 1.38 per cent from 205.40 in
January 2020 to 208.24 in February 2020. The overall year on year inflation in
February 2020 stood at 6.37 per cent.