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Market prices

Finger Millet: what the trader paid, and what you pay

Across 16 Kenyan markets, traders sell finger millet at an average 15.8% above what they paid wholesale.

Cheapest retail

KSh 75

Cheptiret - Uasin Gishu, Uasin-Gishu

Typical retail

KSh 152.17

median of 16 markets

Dearest retail

KSh 300

Kipkaren, Kakamega

Biggest gap right now

In Mulot, traders buy at KSh 150 and sell at KSh 200 — a markup of 33.3%.

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
MulotBomet15020033.3%2026-08-26
HoloKisumu133.3317531.3%2026-09-01
Mois BridgeUasin-Gishu10012525%2026-08-31
Cheptiret - Uasin GishuUasin-Gishu607525%2026-08-28
KipkarenKakamega25030020%2026-09-03
Embu TownEmbu12515020%2026-08-29
KawangwareNairobi11013018.2%2026-09-04
MauaMeru13015015.4%2026-09-03
SabatiaKakamega111.11127.2714.5%2026-09-02
KagioKirinyaga15017013.3%2026-08-31
NkubuMeru88.8910012.5%2026-09-01
Musoli MarketKakamega111.11122.7310.5%2026-09-01
AheroKisumu1651756.1%2026-08-25
Kimilili townBungoma1701805.9%2026-08-27
KatitoKisumu150152.171.4%2026-08-27
KhayegaKakamega3003000%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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