John Calhoun, United Methodist Missionary in Kenya writes: “Inflation is running at about 15-20% annually with prices rising even higher each month. Food Stables, such as bread, maize, and wheat flour, sugar, milk products, and meats were all up 20% (the first five months of 2008).”
“One factor is the skyrocketing cost of fuel. A gallon of unleaded gasoline now costs about USD 6.12. Naturally, this makes transportation of food products very expensive. At the present time Kenya is not suffering starvation or famine. But the cost of food is eating away at the average income. In the rural areas, there is fear of serious shortages to come.”
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