Kenya inflation rises sharply for second month, driven by fuel

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Kenya’s inflation rose sharply for the second month running in May, hitting its highest in more than two years largely due to fuel price hikes linked to the Iran war, Reuters reports.

Inflation accelerated to 6.7 per cent year-on-year from 5.6pc in April, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said in a report.

Public transport buses (locally known as matatu) crews pass the time chatting, amidst their grounded mini-buses due to a nationwide strike by transporters now in it’s second day over fuel price hikes in Nairobi on May 19, 2026. —AFP/File
Public transport buses (locally known as matatu) crews pass the time chatting, amidst their grounded mini-buses due to a nationwide strike by transporters now in it’s second day over fuel price hikes in Nairobi on May 19, 2026. —AFP/File

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