Bar soap (800g)
Soweto · 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 | 116 | 1,444 |
| 2025-10-01 | 117 | 1,414 |
| 2025-11-01 | 119 | 1,386 |
| 2025-12-01 | 120 | 1,358 |
| 2026-01-01 | 122 | 1,330 |
| 2026-02-01 | 123 | 1,303 |
| 2026-03-01 | 125 | 1,277 |
| 2026-04-01 | 126 | 1,251 |
| 2026-05-01 | 128 | 1,225 |
| 2026-06-01 | 130 | 1,200 |