Inflation & Prices

Kenyan Inflation Holds Steady at 3.8% as Water, Power Costs Ease

The Mukuru area of Nairobi, Kenya.

Photographer: Kang-Chun Cheng/Bloomberg

Kenya’s annual inflation rate flatlined in June helped by slower growth in utilities and housing prices.

Consumer prices rose 3.8% from a year ago, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said Monday in an emailed statement. That was slightly faster than the monetary policy committee’s 3.7% projection.