date:May 23, 2016
re there is low or no rainfall and also spray their crops against pests and disease, he said.
Traders, however, said they were making good profits from the imported fruit. They said they buy a 70kg sack of oranges for Sh2,000 and sell the fruit for Sh50 a kilogramme.
Ms Margaret Wangui, a trader at Whispers Park market, said she is making huge profits from pawpaw that she buys from Meru.
I sell a kilogramme of pawpaw for Sh70 after buying them for Sh35 a kilogramme, she said. However, supply