Hope for farmers as Koreans go bananas for Kenyan fruit

James Nyabando, a banana retailer at Moitunya in Nyamira County checks out one of the bunches for sale in his make-shift shed. Banana farmers from Kenya are set for good business from export of the product to South Korea. [Stanley Ongwae, Standard]

Seated on a wooden bench near his makeshift shed at the roadside along the Kisii-Nyamira-Kericho Highway, James Nyabando patiently waits for someone to buy his bunches of green bananas.

Since morning, he has sold only one bunch. His prices range from Sh700 for the biggest bunch weighing around 60kg to around Sh300 for the medium-sized one weighing around 30kg.