Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases monthly Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation, for July, 2019. These numbers were generated from a survey of retail prices that targeted a basket of household consumption goods and services. The exercise was conducted during the second and third weeks of the month, with prices being obtained from selected retail outlets in 25 data collection zones in Nairobi and 13 other urban centers.
The CPI decreased by 0.36 per cent from 204.34 in June 2019 to 203.61 in July 2019. The overall year on year inflation in July 2019 stood at 6.27 per cent.