{"id":957,"date":"2026-10-30T15:06:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T15:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=957"},"modified":"2026-10-30T15:06:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T15:06:45","slug":"kenyas-inflation-rises-to-7-3-as-cost-of-living-continues-to-bite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=957","title":{"rendered":"Kenya&#8217;s inflation rises to 7.3% as cost of living continues to bite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0183.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0183.jpeg 827w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0183-300x182.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0183-768x467.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Inflation rate rises<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kenyan households are facing increased financial pressure after the country&#8217;s annual inflation rate rose to 7.3 per cent in October, its highest level in more than three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest figures released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) on Friday show an increase from 6.8 per cent recorded in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rise has largely been driven by increasing prices of food, transport and housing-related expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food and non-alcoholic beverages recorded a 10.2 per cent increase over the year, while transport costs rose by 17.1 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rising cost of essential commodities is placing additional pressure on families, particularly low-income earners who spend a significant portion of their income on basic necessities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development also raises concerns about the purchasing power of consumers and the ability of households to meet their daily financial obligations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan households are facing increased financial pressure after the country&#8217;s annual inflation rate rose to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":959,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}