The National Bureau of Statistics says the Consumer Price Index, which measures inflation rate, rose to 8.7 per cent in July.
A statement posted on its Website on Monday said this was 0.3 per cent higher than the 8.4 per cent rate recorded during the same period in 2012.
It said that prices edged higher as a result of increase in the 12 classification of individual consumption items.
The NBS said: “The increases were also exhibited in both the Food and Core sub-indices.
“Food prices, as exhibited by the Food Sub-index, continued to edge higher in July.
“While market began to observe a trickle in of newly harvested crops, their quantities have not been substantial enough to impact prices.”
The NBS said that in July, the headline index was 0.54 per cent, marginally lower than the 0.59 per cent recorded in June.
According to the NBS, on a month-on-month basis, both the urban and rural all-item indices increased at lower rates when compared with the rates recorded in June.
It said that the urban all-items index was 0.6 per cent in July in contrast to the 0.7 per cent recorded in June.
It also said that the rural all items index decreased to 0.5 per cent from the 0.54 per cent recorded in June.
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