Price of beans rises to Rwf500 a kilo

The price of beans has gone up and a kilogramme of dry beans will now cost you an extra Rwf50. They cost Rwf500 in Kimironko Market, up from Rwf450 last week. Demand for clothes also went up over the weekend, thanks to Easter holiday shopping, traders said. “We are receiving many customers this season, who are buying clothes for Easter,” Félicité Umulisa, a seller of clothes in Remera, said. She added that high numbers had boosted her daily sales and profits.Elsewhere, food prices remained stable compared to last week with a kilogramme of cowpeas at Rwf900 in Kimironko and Remera markets. A kilogramme of bananas was also stable at Rwf180. A kilo of Tanzanian rice costs Rwf1,000 in all the major markets around the city, while millet was unchanged at Rwf1,200 in Gikondo and Nyarugenge. Despite increased demand for meat this Easter season, prices were as they were last week, costing between Rwf2,300 and Rwf2,500 in markets visited. The prices for most vegetables too have not changed, with tomatoes at Rwf1,000 a small tin, onions at Rwf400 and Rwf500 for cabbages. Those of you who prefer fish to meat, you have no reason to worry as fish still costs Rwf2,500 just like last week.Cooking oil remained at Rwf6,300, a bar of soap was Rwf450.