{
  "id": 17298935,
  "title": "KNBS reveals how much more Kenyans now pay for potatoes as prices jump 35%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/knbs-reveals-how-much-more-kenyans-now-pay-for-potatoes-as-prices",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T22:29:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/business/knbs-reveals-how-much-more-kenyans-now-pay-for-potatoes-as-prices-jump-35"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A recent report from Kenya's Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that the price of potatoes in the country has jumped by 35% in the past year. This means that consumers now pay an average of Ksh125 per kilogramme, compared to Ksh92 a year ago. The increase represents an extra Ksh32.37 for every kilogramme purchased. Potato prices rose by 34.9% between October 2025 and October 2026, and continued to increase by 2.5% in October compared to September. This puts potatoes among the food items with the largest annual price increases. The statistics also revealed that other foods such as cabbage, fresh packeted milk, beef with bones, and wheat flour also experienced significant price hikes. Cabbage prices increased by 29.1%, fresh packeted milk by 14.4%, beef with bones by 12.5%, and wheat flour by 9.1%. Despite the rising costs, KNBS noted that sugar and oranges actually saw a slight decrease in price, with a 1.2% and 1.1% decline respectively. The biggest contributor to the increase in consumer prices was food and non-alcoholic beverages, which recorded an annual inflation rate of 10.2%. This category accounted for 3.1 percentage points of the overall inflation, which reached 7.3% in October 2026.",
  "summary": "The cost of buying potatoes in Kenya has increased sharply, with consumers now paying an average of Ksh125 for a kilogram, up from Ksh92 a year ago, as new government data exposes the growing pressure on household food budgets. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) says Irish potato prices increased by 34.9 per cent […]",
  "key_points": [
    "Potato prices rose by 35% in the past year",
    "Consumers now pay Ksh125/kg compared to Ksh92",
    "Other foods like cabbage and beef also saw price hikes"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}