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Market prices

Fertilizer: what the trader paid, and what you pay

Across 6 Kenyan markets, traders sell fertilizer at an average 8.3% above what they paid wholesale.

Cheapest retail

KSh 76

Ahero, Kisumu

Typical retail

KSh 110

median of 6 markets

Dearest retail

KSh 124

Khayega, Kakamega

Biggest gap right now

In Ngurubani Market, traders buy at KSh 67 and sell at KSh 80 — a markup of 19.4%.

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
Ngurubani MarketKirinyaga678019.4%2026-09-04
MuhoroniKisumu10011010%2026-08-30
AheroKisumu70768.6%2026-09-01
KagioKirinyaga76805.3%2026-08-29
HoloKisumu1161203.4%2026-09-01
KhayegaKakamega1201243.3%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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