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Market prices

Kales/Sukuma Wiki: what the trader paid, and what you pay

Across 31 Kenyan markets, traders sell kales/sukuma wiki at an average 49.2% above what they paid wholesale.

Cheapest retail

KSh 20

Lungalunga, Kwale

Typical retail

KSh 50

median of 31 markets

Dearest retail

KSh 250

Kipkaren, Kakamega

Biggest gap right now

In Musoli Market, traders buy at KSh 41.67 and sell at KSh 118.18 — a markup of 183.6%.

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
Musoli MarketKakamega41.67118.18183.6%2026-09-01
MauaMeru1540166.7%2026-09-03
LungalungaKwale1020100%2026-08-28
Ndanai MarketBomet11.112080%2026-08-28
KerugoyaKirinyaga254580%2026-09-02
KinangoKwale6010066.7%2026-09-03
SabatiaKakamega66.67108.3362.5%2026-09-02
MulotBomet508060%2026-08-26
HoloKisumu508060%2026-09-01
MuhoroniKisumu25.714055.6%2026-08-16
WundanyiTaita-Taveta406050%2026-09-01
KagioKirinyaga203050%2026-08-31
Makutano KirinyagaKirinyaga203050%2026-09-04
Diani MarketKwale507040%2026-09-04
Lubao Livestock MarketKakamega608033.3%2026-08-29
Kakamega TownKakamega608033.3%2026-08-15
KatitoKisumu7510033.3%2026-08-20
Embu TownEmbu304033.3%2026-08-29
Butere Livestock MarketKakamega7510033.3%2026-08-31
KipkarenKakamega20025025%2026-08-20
Eldoret MainUasin-Gishu405025%2026-09-04
KhayegaKakamega405025%2026-08-30
Mois BridgeUasin-Gishu405025%2026-08-31
Mukuyu MarketMuranga202525%2026-09-02
Ngurubani MarketKirinyaga202525%2026-09-04
Kimilili townBungoma14017021.4%2026-08-27
GakoromoneMeru253020%2026-08-28
KutusKirinyaga303516.7%2026-09-03
AheroKisumu607016.7%2026-09-01
LangasUasin-Gishu354014.3%2026-09-03
KangetaMeru354014.3%2026-09-02

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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