Comesa watchdog flags two fertiliser firms in Kenya for price gouging

Workers offload subsidised fertiliser from a truck at the National Cereals and Produce Board depot in Elburgon, Nakuru County on October 8, 2024.

Photo credit: John Njoroge | Nation Media Group

Kenya’s largest suppliers of fertiliser have come under sharp spotlight for allegedly using their grip on the market to overprice the essential farm input by up 142 percent, raising the cost of agricultural production.

The Comesa Competition Commission has flagged Yara and ETG for using their controlling market position to gouge prices and unfairly raise mark-ups. 

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