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Food prices

Wheat flour in 80 northern & coastal Kenya markets

From KSh 80/kg in Kalemgorok to KSh 200/kg in Lokichar (Turkana) — 2.5× 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 49 markets surveyed within the last few months. Buying a 90kg bag in Kalemgorok rather than Lokichar (Turkana) saves about KSh 10,800.

MarketCountyPer kgRecorded
TarbajWajirKSh 762025-12-15 ⚠
KalemgorokTurkanaKSh 802026-03-15
MatanomanneKilifiKSh 832026-03-15
Saka TownTana RiverKSh 872026-03-15
Kakuma 2TurkanaKSh 872025-12-15 ⚠
KipiniTana RiverKSh 902026-03-15
MinjilaTana RiverKSh 902026-03-15
GarsenTana RiverKSh 902026-03-15
DzikunzeKilifiKSh 902026-03-15
Hola townTana RiverKSh 902026-03-15
HongKong (Kakuma)TurkanaKSh 902025-12-15 ⚠
Kakuma 4TurkanaKSh 902025-12-15 ⚠
Kalobeyei (Village 1)TurkanaKSh 902025-12-15 ⚠
TarasaaTana RiverKSh 932026-03-15
Mandera townManderaKSh 932026-03-15
Kakuma 3TurkanaKSh 932025-12-15 ⚠
Kalobeyei (Village 2)TurkanaKSh 932025-12-15 ⚠
Eliye CentreTurkanaKSh 932025-06-15 ⚠
MasalaniTana RiverKSh 962026-03-15
Ethiopia (Kakuma)TurkanaKSh 972025-12-15 ⚠
Kalobeyei (Village 3)TurkanaKSh 972025-12-15 ⚠
Hagadera (Daadab)GarissaKSh 982025-12-15 ⚠
KalokolTurkanaKSh 982025-06-15 ⚠
KasuroiTurkanaKSh 1002026-03-15
MakereTana RiverKSh 1002026-03-15
CharidendeTana RiverKSh 1002026-03-15
Archers PostSamburuKSh 1002026-03-15
NgaremaraMeru NorthKSh 1002026-03-15
Merti CENTERIsioloKSh 1002026-03-15
KiwanjaMeru NorthKSh 1002026-03-15
ModogasheIsioloKSh 1002026-03-15
BenaneIsioloKSh 1002026-03-15
BarakiGarissaKSh 1002026-03-15
DertuGarissaKSh 1002026-03-15
JarajaraGarissaKSh 1002026-03-15
WambaSamburuKSh 1002026-03-15
MaralalSamburuKSh 1002026-03-15
LoosukSamburuKSh 1002026-03-15
BanissaManderaKSh 1002025-12-15 ⚠
Takaba (Mandera)ManderaKSh 1002025-12-15 ⚠
El WakManderaKSh 1002025-12-15 ⚠
LeteaTurkanaKSh 1002025-09-15 ⚠
LokoriTurkanaKSh 1002025-09-15 ⚠
Lororo CentreBaringoKSh 1002025-03-15 ⚠
North HorrMarsabitKSh 1002025-03-15 ⚠
BuraTana RiverKSh 100.52026-03-15
BaragoiSamburuKSh 1012026-03-15
BangaleTana RiverKSh 1032026-03-15
KisimaSamburuKSh 1032026-03-15
NanigiGarissaKSh 1042026-03-15
LoyangalaniMarsabitKSh 1042026-03-15
KatiliaTurkanaKSh 1042025-09-15 ⚠
LoturereiTurkanaKSh 1042025-06-15 ⚠
TuumSamburuKSh 1052026-03-15
OldonyiroIsioloKSh 1052026-03-15
GarissaGarissaKSh 1052026-03-15
Kargi South HorrMarsabitKSh 1072026-03-15
KotileIjaraKSh 1072026-03-15
HabasweinWajirKSh 1072026-03-15
LolkuniyaniSamburuKSh 1072026-03-15
GriftuWajirKSh 1072025-12-15 ⚠
LowarengakTurkanaKSh 1072025-03-15 ⚠
Dadaab townGarissaKSh 1082026-03-15
BokaTana RiverKSh 1102026-03-15
Kipsing CENTERIsioloKSh 1102026-03-15
HadadoWajirKSh 1102026-03-15
EldasWajirKSh 1102026-03-15
SololoMoyaleKSh 1102026-03-15
ManderaManderaKSh 1102025-12-15 ⚠
WayuTana RiverKSh 1102025-03-15 ⚠
Kang'akipurTurkanaKSh 1142026-03-15
GarbatullaIsioloKSh 1152026-03-15
Lodwar townTurkanaKSh 1152025-12-15 ⚠
MaalaminGarissaKSh 1202026-03-15
WargadudManderaKSh 1202025-12-15 ⚠
KaikorTurkanaKSh 1202025-09-15 ⚠
KiliwaheriManderaKSh 1202025-03-15 ⚠
RhamuManderaKSh 1252025-09-15 ⚠
KibishTurkanaKSh 1402025-09-15 ⚠
Lokichar (Turkana)TurkanaKSh 2002026-03-15

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

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