Consumer Prices Indexes (CPI) and Inflation Rates for the Month of December 2006

The Central Bureau of Statistics is pleased to release the Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and inflation rates for the month of December 2006, 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 2.6 per cent from 208.6 points in November 2006 to 214.1 points in December 2006. Month-on-month overall inflation rate accelerated from 14.6 per cent in November 2006 to 15.6 per cent in December 2006. On the other hand, month-on-month underlying inflation rate which excludes food items from the CPI basket remained at 5.9 per cent in December as was in November 2006.