Since late February 2026, prices of eggs in Nairobi have gone up by at least Sh10 per egg.
Before, an egg from layers chicken was retailing as Sh15 while that from indigenous chicken was retailing between Sh25-to Sh30.
Currently the same goes for Sh17-Sh20 and Sh30 to Sh35 respectively in shops and wholesales whiting Nairobi.
This means a tray of eggs now retails between Sh450 and Sh650, a difference of about Sh200 in February.
City dwellers now say they can no longer afford eggs with many opting for finger lings commonly known as Omena, which they say are much cheaper than eggs.
“Recently, I was shocked when a shopkeeper said the price of eggs had gone up, he is now selling one for Sh17,” said Mutua Juma a resident of Githurai in Nairobi
He added, “it has been about three weeks now since I tasted fried eggs, instead I eat Omena because with Sh150, I can get enough to last me for one week,”
Several shopkeepers and wholesalers said the supply of eggs started dwindling in January to what the suppliers linked to high prices of chicken feeds.
“Several farmers who used to supply me said they stopped the venture due to high prices of feeding the chickens,” Alice Muthoni, a shopkeeper in Kamulu said
“Some farmers said the prices of acquiring chic’s shot up sometime in 2025 thus thus they could not add more layers leading to drop in eggs,” Muthoni added
And now some suppliers, they have opted to import eggs from Uganda which is a bit costly thus this has effected the prices but optimistic that the prices of eggs will drop to the normal prices by June.
Kenya imports eggs from Uganda primarily due to a significant supply deficit producing only 4 billion eggs against a 9 billion annual demand and lower production costs in Uganda.
It is considered that Ugandan eggs are cheaper due to lower poultry feed prices and government subsidies, making them more competitive than Kenyan-produced eggs
