Keumbu: The one stop market for banana and sugarcane

Fresh produce traders wait for customers at Keumbu market along the Kisii-Nairobi highway. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

The name Keumbu sounds familiar to those travelling to Kisii, and a stopover in the area sums up one’s trip to the county that prides itself as a source of agricultural produce.

Here lies a roadside market that has indirectly employed close to 2,000 people selling fresh farm produce.