Workers loading avocados into a lorry at Keumbu Market in Kisii County. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]
If there were to be a list of the three things that bother Kenyans today, the crazy prices of avocados would feature without a doubt.
Of late, these prices have hit the roof. An acute shortage in some markets has raised the standard of this fruit to an almost luxurious product.
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