{"id":25196,"date":"2021-04-01T20:05:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T20:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=25196"},"modified":"2021-04-01T20:05:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T20:05:41","slug":"kenyas-inflation-inches-up-to-5-90pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/kenyas-inflation-inches-up-to-5-90pc","title":{"rendered":"Kenya&#8217;s inflation inches up to 5.90pc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong>\u00a0Kenya\u2019s year-on-year inflation inched up to 5.90 per cent in March from 5.78 per cent a month earlier, the statistics office said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>On a monthly basis, the\u00a0Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) said in a statement inflation was 0.40 per cent, down from 0.70 per cent in February.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0inflation\u00a0rate rose marginally to 5.8 per cent in\u00a0February\u00a0from 5.7 per cent in January, which was largely driven by cheap fuel and food prices.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (Icpak) said the increase in prices has been the highest since 2007, jumping by Sh15.82 in two months and leading to high inflation<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means that Kenyans will endure more pain amid a pandemic. We all know that the costs of energy and transport have significant weight in the basket of goods and services that is used to measure\u00a0inflation\u00a0in the country,\u201d said Icpak Chairperson Rose Mwaura.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya:\u00a0Kenya\u2019s year-on-year inflation inched up to 5.90 per cent in March from 5.78 per cent a month earlier, the statistics office said on Wednesday. On a monthly basis, the\u00a0Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) said in a statement inflation was 0.40 per cent, down from 0.70 per cent in February. 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