Analysis

What Kenya’s price data actually shows

Government departments publish a great deal of price data and analyse almost none of it. These are findings from that data — every figure computed from the source, and free for anyone to reproduce with credit.

Market prices
A kilo of capsicum costs KSh 10 in one Kenyan market and KSh 500 in another
Fifty times the price for the same vegetable, across 22 markets, on figures the Ministry of Agriculture publishes every day.
2026-09-16
Fuel
Mandera’s petrol has risen 20% in two years. The nine towns behind it are all northern.
Twenty-three EPRA cycles show the gap between Kenya’s cheapest and dearest fuel towns is not holding steady. It is widening.
2026-09-16

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A kilo of capsicum costs KSh 10 in one Kenyan market and KSh 500 in another

Mandera’s petrol has risen 20% in two years. The nine towns behind it are all northern.

For journalists