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Report: Cost of living drops by 0.5 per cent in June

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The prices of a 2 kg packet of fortified and sifted maize flour dropped in June. [File, Standa

Kenya's cost of living declined to 4.6 per cent in June, 2024 down from 5.1 per cent in May, a report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows.

The report, released on June 26, mainly attributed the drop in inflation rate to the reduction in prices of commodities such as food.

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