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Rise in goods prices looms as shilling starts year on a slide

It was exchanging at an average Sh157.5 to a dollar on Tuesday.

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by The Star

Coast02 January 2024 - 14:43
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A cashier at a Nairobi forex bureau counts dollars and shilling notes/

Kenyan households are staring at a tough start of the year as the weakening shilling exposes them to higher commodity prices, threatening to erode gains in last month’s ease in inflation.

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