Consumer Prices Indexes (CPI) and Inflation Rates for the Month of May 2005

The Central Bureau of Statistics is pleased to release the Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and inflation rates for the month of May 2005, for your information and use. This data is generated through monthly data collection from retail outlets in 13 urban centres in Kenya. The data is perceived to be representative of the spending behaviour of Kenyan urban households. The price data is collected in the second and third week of the month of review in the selected retail outlets. This is in order to maintain consistency in price variations. Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.6 per cent from 183.4 points in April 2005 to 184.5 points in May 2005. The month-on-month overall inflation rate declined from 16.0 per cent in April 2005 to 14.8 per cent in May 2005. During the same period, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket rose from 8.0 per cent to 8.6 per cent.