KSH: in June, prices increased by 20.1 percent compared to the same month of the previous year
In June, consumer prices were on average 20.1 percent higher than a year earlier. In the past year, household energy and food prices have risen the most, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) reported on Friday.
Consumer prices increased by an average of 0.3 percent in one month. Food prices rose by 29.3 percent in one year, mainly for confectionery flour products (53.0 percent), bread (48.6 percent), dairy products (41.4 percent), eggs (40.1 percent ), butter and butter cream (35.6 percent), pastries (33.3 percent), dry pasta (30.4 percent), milk (26.7 percent) and cheese (23.3 percent). Within the product group, the price of flour (5.8 percent) and cooking oil (3.1 percent) increased the least.
Household energy rose in price by 34.3 percent, including piped gas by 43.0 percent, bottled gas by 44.6 percent, and electricity by 26.6 percent. The price of alcoholic beverages and tobacco increased by an average of 18.7 percent, including alcoholic beverages by 24.4 percent.
You had to pay 6.1 percent more for durable consumer goods, including 14.6 percent more for kitchen and other furniture, 14.5 percent more for new cars, 13.9 percent more for heating and cooking equipment, and 9.5 percent more for room furniture.
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