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Day: October 9, 2024

Business Economy

KAM launches a procurement study to promote access for locally processed goods

The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has launched a procurement study to promote market access for locally produced goods and build a resilient economy.

KAM commissioned this study to pursue its core mandate of policy advocacy and trade prom…

Business Economy

Traders decry high cost of living

Small-scale traders at Kisumu’s Jubilee Market have decried the rising transport costs for goods and commodities which threatens to push them out of business.

This coupled with the high cost of living has seen the number of customers drop as local v…

Business Economy

Kenya’s inflation declines by 0.8 percent

Kenya’s overall inflation declined to 3.6 percent in September 2024 from 4.4 percent in August, thereby remaining well below the mid-point of the target range.

Inflation is a gradual loss of purchasing power that is reflected in a broad rise in pric…