Cement prices have risen at the fastest rate on record. A friend told me that he purchased a bag at Sh 580 in Kakamega two weeks ago. The same thing is now selling at Sh 1,100 in the same town.
Compounding the situation are crippling shortages. As you drive through Athi River today, you will notice that the queues of trucks waiting in front of factories to load the precious commodity- are becoming longer and longer.
