High demand for grasshoppers forces beef prices to fall by 50% in Kabale

By Joseph Lubandi

Posted on November 28, 2017

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The seasonal delicacy is back! This time, its not so delicious to butchers in Kabale as its demand is affecting meat prices as more people are shunning their services.

According to The Observer, a kilogram of beef in Kabale municipality now costs Shs 5000 from Shs 9000.

“Goat meat has remained at Shs 10,000. Some of the butchers interviewed say that they were compelled to slash the price of beef after realizing that most of their customers have resorted to buying grasshoppers locally known as, “Nsenene”, The Observer reported.

Several people in Kabale have been spending sleepless nights over the past three weeks harvesting grasshoppers. A mug of grasshoppers in Kabale municipality goes for Shs 1500.

via: Matooke Republic