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potatoes

Bags of potatoes weighing more than 80kg packed by the roadside in Mariashoni, Nakuru County, on January 5, 2021. 

| John Njoroge | Nation Media Group

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Why potato farmers are vulnerable to broker exploitation

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By  Waikwa Maina

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Nation Media Group

By December last year, shortly before Christmas, Mr Geofrey Mwaniki, from Kinangop, sold a 50kg bag of potatoes for Sh1,500.

But he is now stuck with over 70 bags of the produce that he cannot sell, citing poor prices.

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