- CHRISTINA MSEJA
THE monthly inflation for April decreased to 3.8 per cent compared to 3.9 per cent which was recorded in March, this year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said yesterday.
The monthly inflation rate assesses the
rate of change in price for goods and service consumed by a private
household in the country.
The drop in inflation implies that, the
speed of price change for commodities in the year ending April, 2018 has
decreased compared to the speed of price change recorded in the year
ended march, 2018.
Some of the foods that contributed to
lower inflation between April 2017 and April 2018 include grains by 5.2,
wheat flour by 5.6, millet by 7.3, cassava flour by 9.3, beans by 9.2
raw cassava by 13.2, NBS’s Population, Census and Social Statistics
Director, Ephraim Kwesigabo said.
He told journalists that, the price
inflation for some East African countries, including Uganda in the year
ended April, 2018, had decreased by 1.8 from 2.0 for the year ended
March 2018.
On the side of Kenya, the price
inflation for the year ended April, 2018 has decreased by 3.73 from 4.18
for the year ended march, 2018.
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