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Market prices

Beans (Yellow-Green): what the trader paid, and what you pay

Across 28 Kenyan markets, traders sell beans (yellow-green) at an average 18.2% above what they paid wholesale.

Cheapest retail

KSh 95

Kimilili town, Bungoma

Typical retail

KSh 173.91

median of 28 markets

Dearest retail

KSh 400

Kimumu, Uasin-Gishu

Biggest gap right now

In Kagio, traders buy at KSh 135.56 and sell at KSh 200 — a markup of 47.5%.

A markup is not overcharging. The trader carries transport, spoilage and the risk of unsold stock. But knowing the wholesale price tells you how much room there is to negotiate, and whether one seller is far out of line with the market next door.

Every market

MarketCountyWholesaleRetailMarkupDate
KagioKirinyaga135.5620047.5%2026-08-15
Ngurubani MarketKirinyaga118.8917547.2%2026-09-04
KimumuUasin-Gishu28040042.9%2026-08-28
KutusKirinyaga9512531.6%2026-08-24
KerugoyaKirinyaga14519031%2026-09-04
HoloKisumu177.7822526.6%2026-09-01
Makutano KirinyagaKirinyaga12015025%2026-08-21
Mogogosiek MarketBomet15018020%2026-09-01
NkubuMeru10012020%2026-09-01
Embu TownEmbu12515020%2026-08-29
Kimilili townBungoma809518.8%2026-08-27
MauaMeru111.1113017%2026-09-03
Cheptiret - Uasin GishuUasin-Gishu15017516.7%2026-09-04
LangasUasin-Gishu17520014.3%2026-09-03
Lubao Livestock MarketKakamega17520014.3%2026-08-29
MuhoroniKisumu134.62153.8514.3%2026-08-16
Taveta Retail MarketTaita-Taveta11012513.6%2026-09-02
Mois BridgeUasin-Gishu12814513.3%2026-08-31
Musoli MarketKakamega155.56173.9111.8%2026-09-01
Kakamega TownKakamega18020011.1%2026-09-02
KawangwareNairobi127.781409.6%2026-09-04
KangetaMeru1101209.1%2026-09-02
KatitoKisumu175190.488.8%2026-08-27
Kangemi MarketNairobi111.111208%2026-08-18
SabatiaKakamega164.44173.915.8%2026-09-02
AheroKisumu1902005.3%2026-09-01
Eldoret MainUasin-Gishu1902005.3%2026-09-01
KhayegaKakamega165.22165.220%2026-08-30

Prices are per kilogramme, collected by the Ministry of Agriculture from market returns. Coverage is currently 13 counties. Rows with implausible values — a wholesale price under KSh 1, or a markup above 200% — are excluded, since KAMIS contains occasional data-entry errors and publishing them would be worse than omitting them.

Source: KAMIS, Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development · Republished under the Access to Information Act 2016

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