inflation
CBK Signals Drop In Cost Of Living, Retains Interest Rate At 10.5%
The Central Bank of Kenya Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has retained the Central Bank rate (CBR), Kenya’s signal interest rate at 10.5%, citing...
KALU MENGO
Pain At The Kitchen As Prices Of Cooking Oil Shoot By 47 Percent
The price of cooking oil increased by 47 percent between December 2020 and December 2021, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics...
FRANCIS MULI
Food Prices Remain High Despite Economic Recovery Measures By Gov’t
Food inflation remained elevated at 10.6 percent in October, mainly due to the impact of depressed rainfall on some food items. This is...
FRANCIS MUTINDA
Inflation Jumps for the First Time Since April, Here’s Why
It marked the end of a five-month disinflation trend, where the cost of common user goods and services kept going down month on...
MARTIN SIELE
Kenya’s Bright Economic Future Despite Current Inadequate Money Supply
Investment has been low in sectors with greater capacity to absorb labour
Hakeenah N. Njenga
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Billionaire Retailer Whose Shops Had No Stock
Luiza would deliver orders to homes from a network of nationwide distribution depots
BBC
World Bank Thinks You’re Less Poorer Than 4 Years Ago
The institution also poured cold water on Kenya’s ambitious budget projections
Hakeenah N. Njenga
Man Hit Hard By Hen’s Death Holds its Funeral
In an economy where the majority of people are poor and live on less than a dollar a day, losing a hen valued...
BT Reporter
CBK Governor Allays Fears of Economic Disruption From New Generation Currency
The inflation rate stood at 5.7% in June and there have been fears that the switch from old to the new generation currency...
BT Reporter
