{"id":6287,"date":"2026-03-02T08:42:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T08:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/?p=6287"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T11:18:52","slug":"high-market-prices-in-rongai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/2026\/03\/02\/high-market-prices-in-rongai\/","title":{"rendered":"HIGH MARKET PRICES IN KIKUYU."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

High market prices in Rong\u00e0i are straining residents, especially low-income families. Rising transportation costs, seasonal supply changes, population growth, and limited price regulation have driven up the cost of essential goods like food and household items. As a result, many households are forced to cut expenses or choose cheaper alternatives. Addressing the issue requires better infrastructure, improved supply systems, and policies to stabilize prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photos by Benson Ouko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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High market prices in Rong\u00e0i are straining residents, especially low-income families. Rising transportation costs, seasonal supply changes, population growth, and limited price regulation have driven up the cost of essential goods like food and household items. As a result, many households are forced to cut expenses or choose cheaper alternatives. Addressing the issue requires better […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[8],"class_list":["post-6287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"authors":[{"term_id":8,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"webmaster","display_name":"Lindaberryll Boyani","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1e85b96dae9632e98f1ea8f672cecd57a712905cc4e0128ac65f97b3b635684?s=96&d=mm&r=g","first_name":"Lindaberryll","last_name":"Boyani","user_url":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism","job_title":"Journalist","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6287"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6378,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287\/revisions\/6378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6287"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=6287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}