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