Ua piʻi iki nā kumukūʻai kī ma Mombasa, Kenya i ka pule i hala ma muli o ke koi ikaika ʻana i nā mākeke kūʻai nui, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻai.nā mīkini kīhāpai kī, ʻoiai ua hoʻoikaika hou ke kālā ʻAmelika e kūʻē i ka Kenyan shilling, i hāʻule i ka 120 shillings i ka pule i hala aku nei i nā manawa āpau i ka $1.

Ua hōʻike ʻia nā ʻikepili mai ka East African Tea Trade Association (EATTA) i ke kumukūʻai kūʻai maʻamau no ka kilogram o ke kī i ka pule i hala he $2.26 (Sh271.54), mai ka $2.22 (Sh266.73) i ka pule i hala.Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kumukūʻai kūʻai kīʻaha Kenyan ma luna o ka hōʻailona $2 mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka awelika o $1.8 (216.27 shillings) i ka makahiki i hala.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Edward Mudibo, ka luna hoʻokele o ka East African Tea Trade Association: "He maikaʻi loa ka noi ʻana o ka mākeke no ke kī kī."Hōʻike nā ʻano mākeke i ka ikaika o ka koi ʻoiai ke kāhea ʻia nei e ke aupuni Pakistan e hōʻemi i ka ʻai ʻana i ke kī a me kānanā kī kī e ke aupuni Pakistan e ʻoki i nā bila lawe mai.

I ka waena o Iune, ua noi ʻo Ahsan Iqbal, ke Kuhina Hoʻolālā, Hoʻomohala a me nā papahana kūikawā o Pakistan, i ka poʻe o ka ʻāina e hōʻemi i ka nui o ke kī a lākou e inu ai i mea e mālama ai i ka hana maʻamau o ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻāina.ʻO Pakistan kekahi o nā mea hoʻopuka kī nui loa ma ka honua, me ka nui o ke kī i lawe ʻia ma luna o $ 600 miliona ma 2021. ʻO ke kī ka mea nui o ke kālā ma Kenya.I ka makahiki 2021, ʻo Sh130.9 billion ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ke kī a Kenya, e helu ana ma kahi o 19.6% o ka nui o nā hoʻokuʻu ʻana i loko, a ʻo ka lua o ka loaʻa kālā nui loa ma hope o ka hoʻopuka ʻana o Kenya i nā huahana horticultural akīʻaha kī ma Sh165.7 biliona.ʻO ka Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) Economic Survey 2022 e hōʻike ana ua ʻoi aku kēia nui ma mua o ka helu 2020 o Sh130.3 biliona.Ke kiʻekiʻe nei ka loaʻa kālā ma waho o ka hāʻule ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku mai 5.76 miliona tonnes i 2020 a i 5.57 miliona tonnes i 2021 ma muli o ka hana haʻahaʻa.