A 90-kilogram bag of finger millet was being sold at an average market price of 8,263, with the highest price being 9,200-shilling sin Kisumu and the lowest 7,500 shillings in Malindi.
Dry maize, on the other hand, is still holding onto the not less than 4,000 shillings’ price for a 90-kilogram bag across the country. This is how the prices faired on: 4,800 shillings in Kisumu and Nairobi respectively, 4,550 shillings in Mombasa, 4,500 shillings in Kitale and 4,000 shillings in Nakuru and Eldoret.
Commodity | Weight(kg) | Nairobi | Mombasa | Kisumu | Nakuru | Eldoret | Malindi | Kitale | Average |
Dry Maize | 90 | 4800 | 4550 | 4800 | 4000 | 4000 | 4500 | 4436 | |
Green Maize | 115 | 3000 | 5200 | 2000 | 2500 | 1600 | 2200 | 2000 | 2643 |
Finger Millet | 90 | 8200 | 9000 | 9200 | 8000 | 8100 | 7500 | 8100 | 8263 |
Sorghum | 90 | 5200 | 3600 | 5200 | 5000 | 7650 | 6000 | 5400 | 5436 |
An 110-kilogram bag of groundnuts was being retailed as follows across the country: 17,400 shillings in Malindi, 14,300 shillings in Mombasa and Kitale respectively, 12,500 shillings in Nairobi, 12,100 shillings in Nakuru, 12,000 in Kisumu and 11,250 shillings in Eldoret.
A 90-kilogram bag of green grams, on the other hand, had the following market prices in selected towns: 12,600 shillings in Eldoret and Kitale, 10,800 shillings in Malindi, 8,800 shillings in Kisumu, 7,600 shillings in Nakuru and 7,200 shillings in Mombasa.
Commodity | Weight(kg) | Nairobi | Mombasa | Kisumu | Nakuru | Eldoret | Malindi | Kitale | Average |
Canadian Beans | 90 | 7650 | 8800 | 5800 | 9000 | 5800 | 7410 | ||
Rosecoco | 90 | 7650 | 6000 | 8000 | 5800 | 9000 | 9000 | 5800 | 7206 |
Mwitemania | 90 | 7200 | 7000 | 5800 | 9000 | 8800 | 5800 | 7267 | |
Njahi | 90 | 9200 | 9350 | 9000 | 10800 | 9000 | 10800 | 9692 | |
Greengram | 90 | 8500 | 7200 | 8800 | 7600 | 12600 | 10800 | 12600 | 9729 |
Cowpeas | 90 | 8200 | 6750 | 8800 | 8100 | 7650 | 7600 | 8000 | 7871 |
Groundnuts | 110 | 12500 | 14300 | 12000 | 12100 | 11250 | 17400 | 14300 | 13231 |