Kenya's inflation rate rose to 4.5 per cent in August, driven by higher food, non-alcoholic beverages, and transport prices.

This was an increase from 4.1 per cent in July, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) in its August Consumer Price Index (CPI) released Friday.

The food and non-alcoholic beverages index increased by 8.3 per cent, while transport rose 4.4 per cent and housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels by 0.8 per cent year-on-year.

The three categories accounted for over 57 per cent of the total weight across the 13 major expenditure categories.