Uganda, March 1 -- A decline in commodity prices, especially food and fuel forced a drop in inflation to 9.2 percent in February from 10.4 per cent in January.

The drop means that the rate at which prices of goods and services have been increasing was slower in February than in January.

This is the first time Uganda is registering single digit inflation since September 2022 when inflation rose to 10 percent, before peaking to 10.7 percent in October last year.

Ms Aliziki K Lubega, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics director economic statistics, said the drop was mainly due to a decline in maize flour prices, which dropped to 53.3 percent from 90.8 percent in January.

Sugar prices declined to 42.8 percent compared to 50.4 percent while ri...