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There is lots of money in food but…

KDF and tea

 

KDF is one of Kenya’s latest innovations in addition to M-Pesa. It is not Kenya Defence Forces; it’s a type of a food. It is a cousin of mandazi and ngumu, both which had ancestors called bread and chapati. Chapati seems to have a cousin called naan or tadoori, most likely from India.

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