NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 30 – Kenya’s inflation edged up to 4.6 percent in September 2025, from 4.5 percent in August, driven mainly by higher food, electricity, and transport costs, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has reported.
Data shows that food and non-alcoholic beverage prices rose by 8.4 percent year-on-year, while transport costs climbed 4 percent. Housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels recorded a 1.4 percent increase.
“Annual consumer price inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 4.6 per cent in September 2025. This implies that the general price level was 4.6 per cent higher in September 2025 than it was in September 2024,” KNBS noted.
Despite the uptick, prices of some key household items eased. A kilo of loose maize grain dropped from Sh70.93 to Sh68.14, while sifted maize flour (2kg) fell from Sh156.99 to Sh152.28.
Similarly, the price of sukuma wiki (kale) declined from Sh93.41 to Sh92.48 per kilo, and sugar eased slightly from Sh186.53 to Sh185.21.
Among energy items, paraffin prices dipped from Sh156.76 to Sh155.96 per litre, while a 13kg cylinder of cooking gas decreased marginally from Sh3,158.35 to Sh3,151.65.
