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Market prices

Pineapples: what the trader paid, and what you pay

Across 16 Kenyan markets, traders sell pineapples at an average 36.7% above what they paid wholesale.

Cheapest retail

KSh 70

Kagio, Kirinyaga

Typical retail

KSh 110

median of 16 markets

Dearest retail

KSh 250

Mois Bridge, Uasin-Gishu

Biggest gap right now

In Mois Bridge, traders buy at KSh 150 and sell at KSh 250 — a markup of 66.7%.

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
Mois BridgeUasin-Gishu15025066.7%2026-08-31
Ngurubani MarketKirinyaga508060%2026-09-04
SabatiaKakamega71.43107.1450%2026-08-29
Kimilili townBungoma8012050%2026-08-27
KimumuUasin-Gishu10015050%2026-08-28
MauaMeru8012050%2026-09-03
KagioKirinyaga507040%2026-08-29
Kangemi MarketNairobi7510033.3%2026-09-04
Makutano KirinyagaKirinyaga54.5572.7333.3%2026-09-01
Embu TownEmbu8010025%2026-08-29
Mukuyu MarketMuranga8010025%2026-09-02
LangasUasin-Gishu8010025%2026-09-03
KangetaMeru9011022.2%2026-09-02
Cheptiret - Uasin GishuUasin-Gishu14017021.4%2026-09-04
AheroKisumu10012020%2026-09-01
Eldoret MainUasin-Gishu13015015.4%2026-09-01

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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