A section of Athi River town residents have decried what they term as increased exploitation of clients by some of food kiosks operators within the town.
The complainants said several food providers have got no menus as a strategy of overcharging their unsuspecting customers.
"A number of food kiosks in Athi River town, especially around Njuguini area do not have menus for their food. Their operators use this as a strategy to exploit clients," said Josephine Wanyonyi.
Wanyonyi who spoke to HiviSasa in Athi River town said the operators announce prices verbally to their clients and later overcharge them.
"I was shocked after being verbally told the price by an operator at a food kiosk in Njugoini, only to be told that there was no change after I was done eating," she said
Wanyonyi claims a couple of food outlets in the area surprisingly sell 'Chapati-Ndengu' (a popular delicacy among the urban poor) for Sh100, which she says normally goes for Sh30.
John Ong'er, also a resident who works at a nearby industrial company in the town said the deception system had been adopted by several food operators in the town.
He said operators in several similar outlets, even in informal settlements have raised food prices abruptly without effecting changes on the menus on display.
They are appealing for a regulation on food prices something that has been termed as a joke by the operators who say the business operates on a 'willing-buyer-willing-seller' basis.