Sorghum Retailing Highest in Eldoret and Lowest in Mombasa

By Soko Directory Team / Published August 22, 2017 | 7:48 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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