Thermal comfort in straw houses

Kenyans are increasingly embracing straw bale technology, which uses materials made entirely out of farm waste, to build cheaper and environmentally-friendly dream homes, writes KEVIN OGUOKO

Jackline Marambo works as a pharmacist at Gundua Health Centre in Timau on the Nanyuki-Meru highway. Lying northwest of Mount Kenya, Timau’s weather can go as low as seven degrees Celsius in January.