Finger Millet Retails Highest in Garissa and Lowest in Nakuru

By Soko Directory Team / Published June 22, 2016 | 7:08 am

A 90kg bag of finger millet was being retailed at Sh.7,200 in Garissa, Eldoret and Kisumu respectively, which was the highest market price. The same quantity was being sold at Sh.5,000 in Nakuru and Karatina.

Due to the dry climates in the North Eastern parts of the country that lead to shortage of maize, a 90kg bag of dry maize retailed at Sh.4,500, while the same was being sold at Sh.2,400 in Nairobi. A 115 Kg bag of Green maize, on the other hand, retailed at Sh.5,600 in Mombasa. Below is the summary of the same in different towns in the country:

Commodity	Weight(Kg)	Nairobi	Mombasa	Kisumu	Nakuru	Eldoret	KRT	Garissa	Busia
Dry Maize	90	2400	2700	3200	2500	2600	2500	4500	3420
Green Maize	115	2200	5600	2000	1800	1440	1600	2300	4500
Finger Millet	90	6800	6300	7200	5000	7200	5000	7200	5850
Sorghum	90	3200	2700	3200	2700	4950	4000	7200	3150

Commodity prices in Garissa seems to be very high as compared to other towns in the country as a 110 kg bag of groundnuts was being sold at Sh.22,000, 90kg of njahi at Sh.18,000 and a 90kg bag of green grams went at Sh.10,800 respectively. Fresh Peas and Mwitemania beans are the only commodities in the legume group that retailed a bit cheaper in most town in the country.

Here is a Summary of the same:

Commodity	Weight(Kg)	Nairobi	Mombasa	Kisumu	Nakuru	Eldoret	KRT	Garissa
Canadian Beans	90	5900		8000	5000		5000	7200
Rosecoco Beans	90	5800	5700	7200	5000	8100	6500
Mwitemania Beans	90	5700	5500		4500	10800	4500
Dolichos(Njahi)	90	13000	13950		10800	8100	15000	18000
Green Gram	90	9500	1080	10000	9900	13500	8000	10800
Cow peas	90	7500	4050	8000	7200	5400	4200	6300
Fresh Peas	51	4800	5500	2500	4800	1530	6120	9180
Groundnuts	110	13000	14600	10000	12100	11700	1500	22000

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