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Market prices

Green Grams: what the trader paid, and what you pay

Across 27 Kenyan markets, traders sell green grams at an average 22.1% above what they paid wholesale.

Cheapest retail

KSh 100

Maua, Meru

Typical retail

KSh 150

median of 27 markets

Dearest retail

KSh 400

Kimumu, Uasin-Gishu

Biggest gap right now

In Kimumu, traders buy at KSh 200 and sell at KSh 400 — a markup of 100%.

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
KimumuUasin-Gishu200400100%2026-08-28
Mukuyu MarketMuranga10015050%2026-09-02
Ngurubani MarketKirinyaga10014040%2026-09-04
KipkarenKakamega20028040%2026-09-03
KerugoyaKirinyaga9513036.8%2026-09-04
Mois BridgeUasin-Gishu8511029.4%2026-08-31
HoloKisumu155.5620028.6%2026-09-01
KagioKirinyaga133.3317027.5%2026-08-15
Kimilili townBungoma9011022.2%2026-08-27
Embu TownEmbu12515020%2026-08-29
NkubuMeru10012020%2026-09-01
Taveta Retail MarketTaita-Taveta12014016.7%2026-08-29
Cheptiret - Uasin GishuUasin-Gishu15017516.7%2026-09-04
KawangwareNairobi128.8915016.4%2026-09-04
Makutano KirinyagaKirinyaga13015015.4%2026-08-21
KutusKirinyaga12214014.8%2026-08-24
Eldoret MainUasin-Gishu17520014.3%2026-09-03
LangasUasin-Gishu17520014.3%2026-09-03
MauaMeru88.8910012.5%2026-09-03
KatitoKisumu150166.6711.1%2026-08-20
MuhoroniKisumu19021010.5%2026-08-16
KangetaMeru10011010%2026-09-02
Musoli MarketKakamega120130.438.7%2026-09-01
SabatiaKakamega120130.438.7%2026-09-02
AheroKisumu1401507.1%2026-09-01
Kangemi MarketNairobi124.441304.5%2026-08-21
KhayegaKakamega130.43130.430%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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