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Bar soap (800g)

Juja · KES

Over the weeks shown, bar soap (800g) costs about 12% more in KES. Measured in sats, it is 17% cheaper.

In short: it takes more shillings to buy, but fewer sats. Saving in Bitcoin would have stretched further here.

In KES
+12.3%
In sats
-16.9%
Official CPI (YoY)
+5.2%

Both lines start at 100, so you can see how each moves apart over time.

KES Sats Official CPI

Weekly medians

Week of KES Sats
2025-09-01 106 1,320
2025-10-01 107 1,293
2025-11-01 108 1,267
2025-12-01 110 1,241
2026-01-01 111 1,216
2026-02-01 113 1,191
2026-03-01 114 1,167
2026-04-01 116 1,143
2026-05-01 117 1,120
2026-06-01 119 1,097