The cost of transporting fresh produce has shot up by over 30 per cent in the Kinangop and Naivasha areas due to high fuel prices and the shortage crisis recently witnessed in the country. Transporters have been forced to hike their prices and this has led to a rise in the cost of vegetables, milk and eggs in the local markets. A representative of the South Kinangop Farmers Association said they were incurring huge losses in ferrying their produce to the market. He noted that transporters had pushed the transport cost since the fuel crisis started two weeks ago forcing them to add the product prices. “We have been forced to increase the prices of food prices due to a rise in transport cost and this is adversely affecting the agriculture sector,” he said.

Source: The Star April 20, 2022 02:20 UTC