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Sorghum Retailing Highest in Eldoret and Lowest in Mombasa

BY Soko Directory Team · August 22, 2017 07:08 am

A 90-kilogram bag of sorghum was retailing highest in Eldoret at 6,300 shillings and lowest in Mombasa at 3,150 shillings.

A 90 kilogram of finger millet, on the other hand, was being retailed as follows: 9,600 shillings in Kisumu, 9,000 shillings in Mombasa, 8,100 shillings in Eldoret, 7,800 shillings in Nairobi, 7,200 shillings in Kitale and 7,000 shillings in Nakuru.

A 90-kilogram bag of dry maize has reduced in price in most parts of the country as compared to two months ago and it goes for as little as 2,300 shillings in Kitale as shown in the table below:

Commodity Weight(kg) Nairobi Mombasa Kisumu Nakuru Eldoret Kitale
Dry Maize 90 3800 3500 4800 3200 4500 2300
Green Maize 115 2400 6000 2000 1500 1600 1000
Finger Millet 90 7800 9000 9600 7000 8100 7200
Sorghum 90 5200 3150 4800 5000 6300 5400

 

A 110-kilogram bag of groundnuts was being sold as follows in selected towns: 14,300 shillings in Kitale, 12,000 shillings in Kisumu, 11,550 shillings in Mombasa, 11,250 shillings in Nairobi and Eldoret respectively and 11,000 shillings in Nakuru.

A 90-kilogram bag of both Rosecoco and Mwitemania beans had almost the same market prices with a very slight difference in Mombasa and Nairobi. Nakuru, Eldoret, and Kitale had the same market prices for both types of beans at 5,500, 10,800, and 4,500 shillings respectively.

A 90-kilogram bag of Njahi was being sold as follows: 13,500 shillings in Eldoret, 10,800 shillings in Kitale, 9,000 shillings in Nairobi and Nakuru respectively and 8,100 shillings in Mombasa.

Here is a summary on the same:

Commodity Weight(kg) Nairobi Mombasa Kisumu Nakuru Eldoret Kitale
Rosecoco Beans 90 7200 6800 7200 5500 10800 4500
Mwitemania Beans 90 6800 7800 5000 10800 4500
Njahi 90 9000 8100 9000 13500 10800
Greengram 90 7800 6750 8800 7600 11700 12600
Cowpeas 90 8400 6750 8800 8100 7650 8000
Fresh Peas 51 2300 1750 2700 2000 2040 3000
Groundnuts 110 11250 11550 12000 11000 11250 14300

 

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