Kenya’s inflation rises to 7.3% in October

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Saturday 7th November 2026

Fresh vegetables and fruit with shelf price labels in a Nairobi supermarket — File photograph of supermarket produce in Nairobi, taken on 26 April 2025. The shelf labels show prices on that date. Queen Asali via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Resized.

By inAfrika Newsroom

Kenya’s annual consumer inflation rose to 7.3% in October from 6.8% in September, as transport and food prices climbed. The consumer price index rose 0.7% from September, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said in its 30 October release.

Transport prices were 17.1% higher than a year earlier. Food and non-alcoholic drinks, which make up nearly a third of the consumer basket, rose 10.2%. Prices in the housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels category rose 3.7%.

Transport also recorded the largest monthly rise of the 13 categories tracked by the bureau. Its index increased 1.7% from September as petrol rose 6.0% and diesel rose 4.4%. Domestic air fares fell 2.6%, according to the detailed release.

Food and non-alcoholic drink prices rose 0.9% on the month. Packaged fresh milk rose 4.7% and potatoes 2.5%, while sugar fell 1.2% and loose maize flour and oranges each fell 1.1%. The bureau also reported a 14.7% monthly increase in kerosene, while the price it tracks for 200 kilowatt-hours of electricity fell 0.1%.

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