Simon Owiti a hawker in Kakamega town sells Mukombero to customers on September 16, 2022. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]
An acute shortage of Mondia whitei popularly known as mukombero has hit the western region, forcing traders to cross over to neighbouring Uganda in search of the herb.
Simon Ondula, a mukombero hawker in Kakamega town who imports his product from Uganda, fears that in the next few years the antidepressant will be extinct.
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