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Originally published by The Kenyan Wall Streetbusiness
October 1, 2025
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Parents Catch a Break as Training Fees Fall, But Food and Power Costs Raise Inflation to 4.6%
Parents and students got rare relief in September as the cost of certificate and vocational courses eased, even as Kenya’s inflation edged higher to 4.6%..
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Kenyan parents and students found some relief as training fees for certificate and vocational courses decreased in September, even as the country's overall inflation rose to 4.6%. This provided a contrast to rising costs in mainstream education and certain essential goods.
- Certificate course fees dropped by 0.1%, while vocational training costs plunged by 2.9%.
- The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) provided the fresh data.
- Despite some price drops in items like loose maize grain (down 3.9%) and sifted maize flour (down 3.0%), increased prices for items like oranges, mangoes, cabbages, tomatoes, electricity (up 1.0% for 200kWh), and house rent (up 0.2%) contributed to the higher inflation.
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