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Market prices

Beans Rosecoco: what the trader paid, and what you pay

Across 21 Kenyan markets, traders sell beans rosecoco at an average 20.2% above what they paid wholesale.

Cheapest retail

KSh 115

Kangemi Market, Nairobi

Typical retail

KSh 160

median of 21 markets

Dearest retail

KSh 300

Kipkaren, Kakamega

Biggest gap right now

In Kipkaren, traders buy at KSh 200 and sell at KSh 300 — a markup of 50%.

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
KipkarenKakamega20030050%2026-09-03
Mois BridgeUasin-Gishu11016045.5%2026-08-31
Ngurubani MarketKirinyaga10014040%2026-09-01
KimumuUasin-Gishu13017534.6%2026-08-28
KerugoyaKirinyaga13016526.9%2026-09-04
HoloKisumu177.7822526.6%2026-09-01
Embu TownEmbu10012525%2026-08-29
NkubuMeru10012020%2026-09-01
Ndanai MarketBomet133.3316020%2026-08-28
Mogogosiek MarketBomet15018020%2026-09-01
Lubao Livestock MarketKakamega14016517.9%2026-08-29
Cheptiret - Uasin GishuUasin-Gishu15017516.7%2026-09-02
Kakamega TownKakamega15017516.7%2026-09-02
LangasUasin-Gishu16018012.5%2026-08-27
KawangwareNairobi116.6713011.4%2026-09-04
KatitoKisumu150166.6711.1%2026-08-27
MuhoroniKisumu123.08134.629.4%2026-08-16
Kimilili townBungoma1201308.3%2026-08-27
AheroKisumu1401507.1%2026-09-01
Kangemi MarketNairobi111.111153.5%2026-08-21
KhayegaKakamega1251250%2026-08-30

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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