Beatrice Atieno displays her fish at Migori Marindi market. Fish and seafood prices rose 16 per cent in 2025, the sharpest increase among food categories tracked in the KNBS 2026 Economic Survey. [File,Standard] Fish and vegetable prices rose by double digits in 2025 even as Kenya's overall inflation eased to 4.1 per cent, a Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) report shows. The KNBS 2026 Economic Survey, released in Nairobi on Wednesday, April 29 and presented by Director General Macdonald Obudho, shows fish and seafood prices rose 16 per cent while vegetables, tubers and pulses climbed 13.4 per cent during the year, squeezing households that depend on these as dietary staples. The increases came against a broader easing of price pressures , with overall inflation declining from 4.5 per cent in 2024 and a peak of 7.7 per cent recorded in both 2022 and 2023. Sugar prices fell 3.2 per cent, cereals dropped 2.4 per cent, milk and dairy products declined 0.5 per cent, offering ...