Poor roads mar trade in mango rich valley

Several lorries ferrying Mangoes are stuck in Mogil area along Biretwo-Tot road in Kerio Valley Elgeyo Marakwet County. The road has been a nightmare to traders and farmers who are forced to sell their produce at throw-away prices. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

Francis Kemboi is a distraught man. The fragrance of ripe mangoes that are now in plenty in Kerio Valley is not any consolation for his troubles.

Kemboi is among hundreds of mango traders who throng Kerio Valley every harvest season to buy the fruits, which he ferries to as Kisumu, Nairobi and even Tanzania.