Kenyans at a crossroads over rising cost of living
A customer shops at Naivas Supermarket in Nyeri, central Kenya, on August 7, 2021. Higher prices of cooking oil, beef, and bread have pushed food inflation to a 14-month high of 8.8 percent, straining the budgets of households. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG
Kenyan households and businesses are keeping their fingers crossed after two citizens filed a petition in court seeking to stop implementation of an annual inflation adjustment levy of 4.97 percent, which would see a further increase in prices of fuel with effect from October 1.
The levy is set to increase the excise duty on at least 31 products, including fruit juices, bottled water, beer, tobacco and boda boda, making life even more difficult for the struggling taxpayers.
