Where To Buy Items At Wholesale Price Or Cheaply in Nairobi

Finding goods at the best wholesale prices to sell at your shop in Nairobi or in other places in Kenya can be of great help to you.

Buying your stock cheaply or at the best wholesale price helps you increase your profits.

Below is a compiled list of places where to buy the cheapest products in Nairobi. So if you are within Nairobi and you wish to bargain for a price floor, here are places to visit.

Cereals – Get them in Nyamakima in that kichochoro for Molo matatus. Groundnuts from the market cost Sh.190 per kilo, but at Nyamakima they are Sh.110. You can also get apples and other fruits at a good price.

Diapers and bar soap – OTC. The kichochoro between Tuskys and Equity.

Chemicals for homemade detergent,soap making, bleach, fabric softener, disinfectant – OTC, the building where former Tuskys was, go upstairs, first floor. They will even explain how to mix them.

Bulk shopping – If you can manage to go to Kawangware or Eastleigh, you will save a lot. In Kawangware, go to Samrose in the market. Alight at Mlango Soko, then at Cooperative Bank, go down and turn at the first right turn, walk about 20 metres and you will find SamRose. Go with a list, they will give you the prices.

If you are buying things for a shop, they deliver. Alternatively, you can turn left and walk a bit for like 100 metres where you will find many wholesale shops including FairPrice. Also
look out for Israel.

In Eastleigh, as you walk towards the Catholic Church or if you are coming from Pangani, just after you take the right turn to enter Eastleigh, you will see the Marie Stopes sign board, the shops start there.

If you are an uptown girl, on the upper side of Biashara Street just before you join Koinange Street there is a Muhindi shop that sells groceries at wholesale prices. It’s opposite Yala Towers. He also has storage and garbage bags at a good price.

Beauty products and jewellery – Perida Centre, Dubois Road, and basically Dubois Road.

Vegetables – Marikiti and Gikomba. Bunch of spinach @Sh.15, bunch of sukuma wiki @Sh.10,
terere @15, managu @20, 6 tomatoes @10, onions @1 bob, 4 maize cobs @20, etc, especially
outside Marikiti.

Vegetables for those who live in Eastlands – Go to Korongosho market early on Wednesday or
Saturday mornings. It is at the Dandora, Kariobangi roundabout. Buy carrots, peas, potatoes and onions from the lorries; it is cheaper than inside the market.
Meat – Ndonyo Market Dagoretti for Sh.280 a kilo. Burma Sh.200 to Sh.250 a kilo.

Fish and chicken kienyeji – Gikomba. When you get to Gikomba, ask for the place where fish is
sold. It’s a whole building opposite where newborn clothes are sold. It’s on the right as you walk towards the market.

Fish – Alpha Foods, Road A, Enterprise Road, you will get 40 pieces of tilapia @Sh1700. They close by 4pm. The boda boda guys can direct you.

Wine/alcohol – Opposite Kensilver matatus on Dubois Road, there is a club with better prices than Mwalimu on Mfangano Street. Also check Accra Road where the 2NK matatus are in the hawkers market building, go to 3rd floor there are many wholesale shops there.

Utensils – Kamukunji. Kamukunji is those sides as you head towards Machakos Bus Station.

Prescribed medication – Try Transchem next to the bike shop above or the Transchem ooposite Afya Centre. There is also another chemist near the number 4 matatus, where the hardware shops are. Sinai Chemist at the Nairobi Textiles building is cheaper than Transchem. It is at the intersection where the Kenya Mpya buses queue. Accra Road also has a stretch of affordable chemists.

Panties and bras – At the junction of Accra Road and River Road, directly opposite Kobil Petrol Station, there is a small corridor where panties and bras are sold. The quality is better than Kamukunji and cheaper than Mombasa Rest House on River Road. You can also buy kids’ vests, bikers, boob tops and tummy trimmers there.

Shoes (heels, flats, sandals and sports). Get these at Bus Station in those vibandas facing matatus for Mater/South B. They range in price from Sh.300 to Sh.1,000. You can also get nice
sweaters and jackets there. Also check Toi Market and those near Thika try KIANDUTU

Shoes for women with wide feet – Bus Station the upper side where vegetables are sold, just near that path that leads to Mfangano Street. There are guys who sell nice second-hand Clarks and Nine West official shoes and boots. They also have rubber shoes and loafers.

Heels at a much better price than Backyard Shoez (e.g Forever 21 @Sh2K). Go to Emirates Collection on Tom Mboya Street.

Doll shoes – Kamukunji.

Bata Toughees/Bata Bullets – At the Bata distributor at Kamukunji on your way to Gikomba. Does wholesale and retail.

Official dresses, skirts, trouser – Bus Station near the City Council toilet. Gikomba from Sh.200 for skirts.

Khaki trousers – Kenyatta Market and Eastleigh.

High-waist jeans – Amal Plaza, entrance C, turn left.

Maternity trousers – Bus Station.

Kids clothes – Gikomba, Kwa Cucu, or ask for children’s clothes, you will be directed. Also check
Toi Market, Kamukunji and Eastleigh.

Curtains and carpets – Eastleigh. At the Garage roundabout, walk a few metres on your left. Alight at the second stop after St Theresa and walk towards Amal Plaza, you will find many malls selling curtains. Go to the various shops comparing prices and fabrics; you will be spoilt for choice. Comparing prices before you buy will ensure that you don’t buy overpriced curtains.

Gym wear – Directly opposite The Bazaar as you walk towards Koja. You can also buy tops outside Jade Collections.

Hair braiding – At Old Nation.

Fabrics – Go to Nairobi Textile upstairs for vitenge, while at the back (walk straight from the entrance), you can get fabric for office wear. Nairobi Textiles is next to Malindi Dishes. For Kitenges, River Road opposite Bata Mini Price has cheaper fabrics than Nairobi Textiles. Also check Zion Kitenge past KCB on River Road. Eastleigh too. When you get to Eastleigh, ask to be shown kitenge house. There are also other fabrics too.

Toys – Kamukunji. Mutindwa in Estlands for best kids toys, especially for boys.

Bicycles for kids and adults – Directly what used to be Jack and Jill Supermarket, walk towards Uchumi House and you will see a big shop selling bikes only. Ask them to tighten the bike and to sell you grease. Even accessories are very cheap. I bought stabilizers there at Sh.350, while
someone somewhere else had quoted a price of Sh.1,700. You can also get garbage bags there for Sh.350 instead of Sh.600 at the supermarket. Also at Sh280 at Eastleigh.

Bathroom accessories and lighting for those who are constructing – Walk past that former Tuskys that is just past Thika matatus, and you will see a whole street of shops selling stuff. They also sell toilet seats, decorative mirrors and many other things.

Bedding (duvets, bed sheets, bed covers, mosquito nets) – Kamukunji. You can also get bed
sheets and other bedding at Kwa Cucu in Gikomba.

Shaggy mat making materials – Keekorok Road, also has exercise books and stationery. It’s cheaper than Biashara Street.

Fibre/pillow filling and sofa fabric – Gikomba.

Car spare parts – Impala on Tom Mboya Street, near the number 9 matatus.

Water storage tanks 210 and 310 litres – Kamukunji.

Plastics – Mansi Traders at Tausi House in Kamukunji, an Indian shop. NB: In Kamukunji, there are both genuine utensils and fakes.

ALL ELECTRONICS TRY LUTHULI avenue.

Electrical appliances near nyamakima

*Finally,*

The goal of getting the best wholesale prices for your stock is to earn a profit by selling goods at a cheaper price than your competitors and attract more customers to your shop.

The best price for your product or service is one that is low enough to attract customers but high enough to make you a good profit.

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By
Timothy Angwenyi
Business Consultant

Justine Nyachieo
Business Man & Mentor

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