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Market prices

Carrots: what the trader paid, and what you pay

Across 24 Kenyan markets, traders sell carrots at an average 45.5% above what they paid wholesale.

Cheapest retail

KSh 10

Lungalunga, Kwale

Typical retail

KSh 70

median of 24 markets

Dearest retail

KSh 150

Kinango, Kwale

Biggest gap right now

In Nkubu, traders buy at KSh 28.57 and sell at KSh 60 — a markup of 110%.

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
NkubuMeru28.5760110%2026-09-01
KimumuUasin-Gishu50100100%2026-08-28
KerugoyaKirinyaga2550100%2026-09-04
LungalungaKwale510100%2026-08-28
WundanyiTaita-Taveta6010066.7%2026-09-01
KagioKirinyaga457055.6%2026-08-31
Kangemi MarketNairobi406050%2026-09-03
MauaMeru406050%2026-09-03
KinangoKwale10015050%2026-09-03
Mukuyu MarketMuranga507040%2026-08-26
Diani MarketKwale9012033.3%2026-09-04
Eldoret MainUasin-Gishu608033.3%2026-09-02
LangasUasin-Gishu608033.3%2026-09-03
MuhoroniKisumu608033.3%2026-08-16
Ngurubani MarketKirinyaga608033.3%2026-09-04
Mois BridgeUasin-Gishu354528.6%2026-08-31
KhayegaKakamega8010025%2026-08-30
Kimilili townBungoma405025%2026-08-27
GakoromoneMeru405025%2026-08-28
KutusKirinyaga405025%2026-09-03
KangetaMeru506020%2026-09-02
Makutano KirinyagaKirinyaga506020%2026-09-04
Embu TownEmbu506020%2026-08-29
KipkarenKakamega13015015.4%2026-08-20

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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