The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has released a new report outlining the current statistics of the average Kenya monthly food and non-food expenditure.
According to the 2015/2016 Kenya Integrated Budget Survey, Nairobi was ranked the most expensive county to live in with Mombasa coming in second.
Kiambu, Nyeri, Nakuru Counties took up third, fourth and fifth positions respectively as places where residents use the most money to cater for their everyday living.
Machakos County took up the six position, which is an improvement from its ranking in a 2014/2015 report by KNBS.
[caption caption="File image of Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua "]
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Kajiado, Narok, Lamu, and Kisumu took the last four positions in the top ten list respectively with expenditure rates averaged at Ksh7,810.80.
KNBS studied the monthly food and non-food expenditure per adult equivalent of over 24,000 households in the country before compiling the report.
Mandera County is the least expensive county, where according to the survey, a household can survive on a monthly budget of Ksh3,461.
Wajir County, Busia County, and Marsabit County took up the second, third and fourth last positions after Mandera.
The bureau also determined that the value of food expenditure in core-urban households was on average more than double that of their counterparts in rural areas.
It further noted that households in the rural and peri-urban areas spend more than 60 per cent of their income on food which is much higher than the 48.8 per cent spent on food by
households in core-urban areas.
However, among the counties, the highest food share was recorded in Samburu (72.9%) with the least being in Nairobi City (44.8%).
[caption caption="File image of Mandera Governor Ali Roba"]
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