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Food prices

Maize (white, dry) in 82 northern & coastal Kenya markets

From KSh 50/kg in Bangale to KSh 150/kg in Mandera town — 3× the price for the same thing.

These are not national prices. WFP monitors food-security areas — mainly arid counties (Turkana, Marsabit, Mandera, Wajir, Garissa, Samburu, Isiolo, Tana River) and refugee-hosting settlements such as Kakuma and Dadaab. Prices in these markets run well above what Nairobi or Nakuru pay, because almost everything is trucked in.

Markets are surveyed on different schedules — some monthly, some a few times a year. Each price below shows when it was recorded. Only observed prices are listed; WFP's own modelled estimates are excluded.

Where it costs least

Comparing 52 markets surveyed within the last few months. Buying a 90kg bag in Bangale rather than Mandera town saves about KSh 9,000.

MarketCountyPer kgRecorded
BangaleTana RiverKSh 502026-03-15
WargadudManderaKSh 502025-12-15 ⚠
Isiolo townIsioloKSh 512026-03-15
Lororo CentreBaringoKSh 532025-03-15 ⚠
KisimaSamburuKSh 562026-03-15
Kalobeyei (Village 3)TurkanaKSh 572026-03-15
LoosukSamburuKSh 572026-03-15
HongKong (Kakuma)TurkanaKSh 602026-03-15
MaralalSamburuKSh 602026-03-15
Hagadera (Daadab)GarissaKSh 602026-03-15
NgaremaraMeru NorthKSh 602026-03-15
KiwanjaMeru NorthKSh 602026-03-15
TarasaaTana RiverKSh 602026-03-15
GarsenTana RiverKSh 602026-03-15
GriftuWajirKSh 602025-12-15 ⚠
Kakuma townTurkanaKSh 602025-12-15 ⚠
North HorrMarsabitKSh 602025-03-15 ⚠
BaragoiSamburuKSh 622026-03-15
WambaSamburuKSh 632026-03-15
Moyale townMoyaleKSh 632026-03-15
LoyangalaniMarsabitKSh 632026-03-15
Kipsing CENTERIsioloKSh 632026-03-15
Kalobeyei (Village 1)TurkanaKSh 642026-03-15
Kargi South HorrMarsabitKSh 642026-03-15
Archers PostSamburuKSh 652026-03-15
Kakuma 4TurkanaKSh 662026-03-15
LolkuniyaniSamburuKSh 672026-03-15
MatanomanneKilifiKSh 682026-03-15
OldonyiroIsioloKSh 682026-03-15
Lokichar (Turkana)TurkanaKSh 702026-03-15
Kakuma 3TurkanaKSh 702026-03-15
DertuGarissaKSh 702026-03-15
CharidendeTana RiverKSh 702026-03-15
Takaba (Mandera)ManderaKSh 702025-12-15 ⚠
Mogadishu (Kakuma)TurkanaKSh 702025-06-15 ⚠
TarbajWajirKSh 722025-12-15 ⚠
Kalobeyei (Village 2)TurkanaKSh 732026-03-15
Kakuma 2TurkanaKSh 732026-03-15
Dagahaley (Daadab)GarissaKSh 732026-03-15
MakereTana RiverKSh 732025-03-15 ⚠
Ethiopia (Kakuma)TurkanaKSh 752026-03-15
EldasWajirKSh 752026-03-15
WayuTana RiverKSh 752025-03-15 ⚠
ModogasheIsioloKSh 772025-12-15 ⚠
IFO (Daadab)GarissaKSh 802026-03-15
Hola townTana RiverKSh 802026-03-15
El WakManderaKSh 802025-12-15 ⚠
KiliwaheriManderaKSh 802025-03-15 ⚠
KibishTurkanaKSh 842025-09-15 ⚠
BuraTana RiverKSh 86.52026-03-15
GarbatullaIsioloKSh 882026-03-15
HadadoWajirKSh 902026-03-15
HabasweinWajirKSh 902026-03-15
LokoriTurkanaKSh 912025-09-15 ⚠
Lodwar townTurkanaKSh 932025-12-15 ⚠
LoturereiTurkanaKSh 932025-06-15 ⚠
GarissaGarissaKSh 952026-03-15
MinjilaTana RiverKSh 952025-03-15 ⚠
NanigiGarissaKSh 982026-03-15
KatiliaTurkanaKSh 982025-09-15 ⚠
MasalaniTana RiverKSh 992026-03-15
KotileIjaraKSh 1002026-03-15
BarakiGarissaKSh 1002026-03-15
SololoMoyaleKSh 1002026-03-15
Merti CENTERIsioloKSh 1002026-03-15
ManderaManderaKSh 1002025-12-15 ⚠
RhamuManderaKSh 1002025-09-15 ⚠
KalengTurkanaKSh 1002025-09-15 ⚠
LeteaTurkanaKSh 1002025-09-15 ⚠
Eliye CentreTurkanaKSh 1002025-06-15 ⚠
Kang'akipurTurkanaKSh 1022026-03-15
Dadaab townGarissaKSh 1052026-03-15
KalokolTurkanaKSh 1062025-06-15 ⚠
JarajaraGarissaKSh 1202026-03-15
KipiniTana RiverKSh 1202025-03-15 ⚠
BanissaManderaKSh 1252025-12-15 ⚠
BenaneIsioloKSh 1402026-03-15
Saka TownTana RiverKSh 1402026-03-15
KaikorTurkanaKSh 1402025-09-15 ⚠
LowarengakTurkanaKSh 1422025-03-15 ⚠
Mandera townManderaKSh 1502026-03-15
LorugumTurkanaKSh 1502025-09-15 ⚠

Source: WFP food prices via HDX · Licensed CC-BY · Retail, observed prices only

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