Consumer prices (CPI) during each president's tenure
Every president since 1991, ranked by how consumer prices (CPI) changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | President | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PNU Mwai Kibaki | 30 Dec 2002 – 9 Apr 2013 | +213% Nov 2002 → Mar 2013 | +11.7%/yr | |
| 2 | Jubilee Uhuru Kenyatta | 9 Apr 2013 – 13 Sep 2022 | +78.2% Mar 2013 → Aug 2022 | +6.3%/yr | |
| 3 | UDA William Ruto | 13 Sep 2022 – now | +24.6% Aug 2022 → Sep 2026 | +5.5%/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. index, 2010 = 100 · Kenya National Bureau of Statistics consumer price index via the IMF (CPI, all items, the bureau's base years spliced into one index by the IMF, 2010 = 100), national · Kenya data · as of Sep 2026.