East African region produces most of the common bean in Africa and Kenya is a major consumer of it. Despite increased regional trade and increased common bean production in Kenya over the past years, its demand still outweighs supply and consequently prices have increased significantly. Integration of bean markets has received less attention therefore it is not known to what extent the border and major bean markets are integrated in the region to facilitate steady product flows across markets. This study therefore, aimed at analyzing common bean cross border trade. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to obtain a sample of 240 respondents (120 traders from the border points and
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