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Market prices

Beans (Canadian wonder): what the trader paid, and what you pay

Across 12 Kenyan markets, traders sell beans (canadian wonder) at an average 18.6% above what they paid wholesale.

Cheapest retail

KSh 70

Kimilili town, Bungoma

Typical retail

KSh 130.43

median of 12 markets

Dearest retail

KSh 350

Kimumu, Uasin-Gishu

Biggest gap right now

In Kimumu, traders buy at KSh 250 and sell at KSh 350 — a markup of 40%.

A markup is not overcharging. The trader carries transport, spoilage and the risk of unsold stock. But knowing the wholesale price tells you how much room there is to negotiate, and whether one seller is far out of line with the market next door.

Every market

MarketCountyWholesaleRetailMarkupDate
KimumuUasin-Gishu25035040%2026-08-28
HoloKisumu133.3317531.3%2026-09-01
KerugoyaKirinyaga12015025%2026-09-04
Embu TownEmbu10012525%2026-08-29
KagioKirinyaga97.7812022.7%2026-08-15
Taveta Retail MarketTaita-Taveta10012020%2026-08-29
MuhoroniKisumu96.15115.3820%2026-08-16
Mois BridgeUasin-Gishu12514516%2026-08-31
AheroKisumu13515011.1%2026-09-01
Kimilili townBungoma65707.7%2026-08-27
KatitoKisumu125130.434.3%2026-08-27
KawangwareNairobi1001000%2026-09-03

Prices are per kilogramme, collected by the Ministry of Agriculture from market returns. Coverage is currently 13 counties. Rows with implausible values — a wholesale price under KSh 1, or a markup above 200% — are excluded, since KAMIS contains occasional data-entry errors and publishing them would be worse than omitting them.

Source: KAMIS, Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development · Republished under the Access to Information Act 2016

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