Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates-September 2018

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases monthly Consumer Price
Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation, for September, 2018. 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 1.02 per cent from 192.18
in August 2018 to 194.14 in September 2018. The overall year on year
inflation stood at 5.70 per cent in September 2018.