Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases monthly Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation, for October, 2018. These numbers were generated from a survey of retail prices that targeted a basket of household consumption goods and services. The survey 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 in 13 other urban centers.
The CPI decreased by 0.79 per cent from 194.14 in September 2018 to 192.59 in October 2018. The overall year on year inflation stood at 5.53 per cent in October 2018. Download Consumer Price Indices and Inflation Rates for October 2018