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Politics of maize: How Ugali became a must eat

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 Ugali preparation [Twitter]

Beyond the fight of maize importation, there is always an odd dude from Kakamega facing a murder charge after killing his own because of ugali -- that tasteless lump of paste. While that 'certain communities' truly loves ugali did you know it was not until 1920 that ugali became Kenya's national diet?

Before then communities were motorized by their own indigenous tubers, finger millet here, yams, legumes and cassava there.

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