Manufacturers, retailers trade blame on rising cost of goods

A woman sells fruits and tubers at her kiosk in Kiranja market along the Embu-Chuka Highway in Tharaka-Nithi County. [File, Standard]

With prices of basic commodities skyrocketing, shoppers are now pointing fingers at retailers and manufacturers, who in turn point fingers elsewhere - especially at external factors such as the Russia-Ukraine war.

As one side seeks an explanation and the other fights to be understood, Kenyans continue to grapple with the unusually high prices for some commodities - the highest the country has ever experienced.