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Banish the cold with Colin Mundia's made-in-Kenya jackets

Collins Mundia (right),shows how the body warmer jacket , which is powered by a motorcycle battery works, on June 15,2016, at his place of work at Itara Estate in Nyeri Town . On the left is his wife Elizabeth Maina. (PHOTO: KIBATA KIHU/ STANDARD)

According to the Kenya Economic Survey 2016, Malaria and respiratory infections have continued to be a leading cause of death since 2011 contributing to 53 per cent of all deaths caused by diseases in the country.

The survey found that in 2015, pneumonia killed 1,504,809 Kenyans majority of whom were children. It was also observed that an increasing number of those affected by respiratory conditions are motorcyle operators.

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