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Table 14 The breakdown of the CPI and its components

From: Food prices, energy and climate shocks in Uganda

Core

Food crops

Energy, fuel and utilities

Core non-food

Food

Soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, tobacco

Processed cassava, dried beans, ground nuts, peas, rice grains, flour

Matooke (clusters and bunches), Banana (ndizi and bogoya), tobacco leaves

Electricity, metered water

Clothing, footwear, domestic fuel, soap

Meat, chickens, eggs. Fish, processed milk

Fresh potatoes (irish and sweet), fresh cassava, and dry or fermented cassava

Kerosene, paraffin, motor fuel (petrol and diesel)

Rent, building materials, furniture

 

Fruits (passion, mangoes, oranges, water melon, pineapples, papaya and avocado)

Propane gas

Transport fares, education costs, health goods and servicesm communication services, hotel and restaurant services and hairdressing

 

Vegetables (tangerines, onions, garlic, tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, green paper, egg plant, pumpkin, fresh beans, fresh peas, bbugga, nakati, etc

 

Electrical and electronics

 

Fresh milk

 
  1. Source: Mukiza (2011)