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Cooking crunchy kumbekumbe

Cooking crunchy kumbekumbe (Photo: Joseph Kipsang/ Standard)

During the rainy season, there are a lot of insects flying around but there are these specific ones that fly around your light bulb in swarms.

They are as big as bees with wings resembling those of the wasps although they don't buzz and are mostly referred to as 'kumbekumbe'.

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