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Fiona Okadia

@okadiafiona

African. Books. Data. Economist. Figures. Fitness. Mr.Okadia's baby. Numbers.

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From Jan to May 2025, food & non-alcoholic beverages have consistently driven inflation contributing over 48% each month, despite making up only 32% of the CPI basket. Food prices are the heaviest burden on household budgets especially for the poor.

From Jan to May 2025, food & non-alcoholic beverages have consistently driven inflation contributing over 48% each month, despite making up only 32% of the CPI basket.

Food prices are the heaviest burden on household budgets especially for the poor.
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📢 Webinar Alert! Amid rising concerns over media freedom📹, IEA Kenya invites you to a timely dialogue on "Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010: Where is the Limit of State Power?" 🗓️ Friday, July 4, 2025 🕚 11:00am – 12:30pm EAT

📢 Webinar Alert!

Amid rising concerns over media freedom📹, <a href="/IEAKenya/">IEA Kenya</a> invites you to a timely dialogue on "Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010: Where is the Limit of State Power?"

🗓️ Friday, July 4, 2025
🕚 11:00am – 12:30pm EAT
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🍽️ Food inflation bites harder. In June 2025, food & non-alcoholic beverages contributed 52.6% to monthly inflation despite being just 32% of the CPI basket, underscoring food’s outsized impact on cost of living. #KenyaInflation #CPI #FoodPrices

🍽️ Food inflation bites harder.

In June 2025, food &amp; non-alcoholic beverages contributed 52.6% to monthly inflation despite being just 32% of the CPI basket, underscoring food’s outsized impact on cost of living.

#KenyaInflation #CPI #FoodPrices
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📢 Webinar Alert! Join IEA Kenya on Wednesday, 9th July 2025 🗓️ from 11:00am to 12:30pm EAT as we discuss "Mobile Money Loans & the Rights of Borrowers💸📱#MobileLoansKE What protections do digital borrowers deserve?

📢 Webinar Alert!

Join <a href="/IEAKenya/">IEA Kenya</a> on Wednesday, 9th July 2025 🗓️ from 11:00am to 12:30pm EAT as we discuss "Mobile Money Loans &amp; the Rights of Borrowers💸📱#MobileLoansKE

What protections do digital borrowers deserve?
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📢 Webinar Alert! As digital loans soar, so do risks of data abuse & exploitation 💸📱 How can we better protect borrowers? Join IEA Kenya on Wed, 9 July 2025 🗓️ 11:00am–12:30pm EAT for a timely discussion: Mobile Money Loans & the Rights of Borrowers. #MobileLoansKE 👉

📢 Webinar Alert!

As digital loans soar, so do risks of data abuse &amp; exploitation 💸📱 How can we better protect borrowers? 

Join <a href="/IEAKenya/">IEA Kenya</a> on Wed, 9 July 2025 🗓️ 11:00am–12:30pm EAT for a timely discussion: Mobile Money Loans &amp; the Rights of Borrowers. #MobileLoansKE

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We appreciate your patience during the maintenance period.

✅ Check your voter details now:
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Kenya’s CPI is timely and broad but data revisions are silent, food inflation was rewritten without explanation, and weights are outdated. Transparency isn’t optional. Our economic credibility depends on it. Here’s my latest blog on the IEA website 👇

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There are now differences in food inflation from May 2023, but headline inflation stayed almost unchanged. No explanation given. Such surges in an item that accounts for roughly half of overall inflation dynamics should move the headline. Something doesn’t add up Any takers?

There are now differences in food inflation from May 2023, but headline inflation stayed almost unchanged. No explanation given. 

Such surges in an item that accounts for roughly half of overall inflation dynamics should move the headline. 

Something doesn’t add up

Any takers?
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The last time the IMF expressed a view on the priorities to strengthen Kenya’s real sector statistics, it emphasized the quarterly national accounts. Those matter, but Fiona Okadia suggests the IMF missed a bigger real sector fish. imf.org/-/media/Files/…

The last time the IMF expressed a view on the priorities to strengthen Kenya’s real sector statistics, it emphasized the quarterly national accounts.

Those matter, but <a href="/OkadiaFiona/">Fiona Okadia</a> suggests the IMF missed a bigger real sector fish.

imf.org/-/media/Files/…
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Join us on #MwangoSpaces tonight at 8 PM EAT as we examine the state of Kenya’s economy and where it’s headed: Guests: —Stephanie Kimani (Stephanie Kimani), Economist —Kwame Owino (Kwame Owino), CEO, IEA Kenya Host: Ramah Nyang

Join us on #MwangoSpaces tonight at 8 PM EAT as we examine the state of Kenya’s economy and where it’s headed:

Guests:
—Stephanie Kimani (<a href="/KimaniStephanie/">Stephanie Kimani</a>), Economist
—Kwame Owino (<a href="/IEAKwame/">Kwame Owino</a>), CEO, IEA Kenya

Host: <a href="/Ramah_Nyang/">Ramah Nyang</a>
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𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 a thread For more comprehensive reading, use the link below ieakenya.or.ke/blog/mitumba-a… 1/n #ConsumerWelfare #consumerRights #market

𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 a thread
 
For more comprehensive reading, use the link below

ieakenya.or.ke/blog/mitumba-a…

1/n

#ConsumerWelfare
#consumerRights 
#market
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🇰🇪 Kenya’s fuel prices keep rising but not just because of global markets. EPRA’s quiet margin hikes for oil marketers mean guaranteed profits, not efficiency. Where’s the transparency? Fiona Okadia #FuelCostsKE Click the link to read: ieakenya.or.ke/blog/epras-pri…

🇰🇪 Kenya’s fuel prices keep rising but not just because of global markets. EPRA’s quiet margin hikes for oil marketers mean guaranteed profits, not efficiency. Where’s the transparency? <a href="/OkadiaFiona/">Fiona Okadia</a> 
#FuelCostsKE 

Click the link to read: ieakenya.or.ke/blog/epras-pri…
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Spicy Grilled Peri Peri Chicken, Chinsaga & Ugali with David Maraga a man who stands for something foreign to most leaders. INTEGRITY & FIDELITY TO THE CONSTITUTION.

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My economic plan will be anchored in the full implementation of Kenya’s 2010 Constitution, ensuring the rule of law, transparency, and effective devolution as the foundation for a stable, fair, and thriving business environment. We will tackle corruption head-on, eliminate