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    "content": "After that time, a packet of two kilograms wheat flour went up and now it is at Kshs110, which is an increment of over 90 per cent. Two kilograms of cooking fat was costing Kshs133 and now it is Kshs300. That is an increment of 125 per cent. A two kilograms packet of rice at that time was costing Kshs126. Right now, it is costing Kshs320. That is an increment of Kshs150 per cent. Two kilograms of sugar was selling at Kshs120 at that time and now it is going at Kshs210. That is an increment of 75 per cent. Bar soap was being sold at Kshs28 but now, it is at Kshs80. That is an increment of 185 per cent. Paraffin cost Kshs23 at that time but is now costing Kshs65; an increment of 183 per cent. Petrol was Kshs48 then but now, it is Kshs85; an increment of 77 per cent. Lastly, diesel was Kshs38 but now it is selling at Kshs74, an increment of 95 per cent. What is notable in the prices of 2002 is that, at that time, compared to the US Dollar, the Kenya Shilling was exchanging at Kshs80. Now, it is exchanging at Kshs.77. Therefore, indeed, the shilling has grown stronger. However, what is more striking is how the prices of goods for the common man like bar soap, paraffin and flour have increased the most. We know that the common Kenyan in Kibera, Nairobi, Kongowea in Mombasa, Nyalenda in Kisumu and Huruma in Eldoret has a disposable income of not more than Kshs3,000 per month. That translates to Kshs51 per day. A question must be asked. How is the common man who takes home not more than Kshs100 a day expected to feed an average family of five with two kilograms of unga at Kshs95, use a bar soap at Kshs80 and a litre of paraffin at Kshs65? That comes to Kshs240 per day. It is no wonder then that insecurity has increased in our neighborhoods because those things are simply unaffordable for most of our people."
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