Why Are Food Prices Soaring in Kenya?
There's criticism from the opposition and the public over runaway prices for items like milk, sugar and maize flour, but Commercial Bank of Africa senior economist Faith Atiti says natural calamities are to blame.
Photo: John Githinji/The Nation
Traders at Olkalou open-air market in Nyandarua County on May 3, 2017.
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Kenya: Govt Not to Blame for High Cost of Living - Economist
Nation, 7 May 2017
A leading Nairobi-based economist has said the government is not to blame for the soaring prices of food and other basic commodities. Read more »
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Kenya: Flour Prices Unlikely to Come Down Until July, Millers Warn
Nation, 9 May 2017
Flour (unga) prices are unlikely to come down until July when the country is expected to have adequate stocks to meet its needs, millers said yesterday, setting up consumers for… Read more »
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Kenya: MPs Resume Tuesday to Help Bring Down Cost of Living
Capital FM, 7 May 2017
The government is set to introduce new measures to reduce the cost of living by tabling a Supplementary bill that will be presented to the National Assembly once it resumes… Read more »
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Kenya: President Kenyatta Moves to Lower Food Prices
Nation, 8 May 2017
President Uhuru Kenyatta is fighting to address the rising cost of living that has become a campaign agenda for the Opposition, as he hits the road seeking Kenyans' support for his… Read more »
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Kenya: Flour Scarcity Hits Nairobi As Millers Run Out of Maize
Nation, 4 May 2017
Kenya is staring at potential food shortages with an acute deficit of maize flour already being experienced in supermarkets. Read more »
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Kenya: Food Prices Soar By 50% in Three Counties
Nation, 4 May 2017
Food prices have gone up by nearly 50 per cent in Nyandarua, Nakuru and Laikipia counties in the past three months. Read more »
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Kenya: Families Tighten Belts As Prices of Goods Soar
Nation, 3 May 2017
Even as Kenyans took to social media to complain about the rising cost of sugar, milk and maize flour, the end of this painful episode is not over as families now eat less, pay… Read more »
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Kenya: Rising Food Prices Worry As Schools Reopen
Nation, 3 May 2017
Schools reopened on Tuesday across the country amid soaring inflation which has raised the cost of living, mostly driven by rising food prices. Read more »
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has warned distributors of relief food, that they will be punished if they're found taking advantage of the situation to enrich themselves. Read more »
