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Elgeyo Marakwet: Where 90kg bag of potatoes costs the same as two plates of chips

A bag of potatoes in the country’s highest producing area of Elgeyo Marakwet is Sh500. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The price of a plate of chips in some of the fast-food restaurant chains is about Sh250 on average.

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