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That green sukuma wiki could be from ‘sewer shamba’

 Some kales are grown along polluted rivers and sewer lines. [Courtesy]

That very green and fresh-looking sukuma wiki or spinach could be your lunch or supper date with sickness and death. Most people in urban towns like Nairobi and its environs have no clue where the sukuma wiki, spinach, tomatoes, sugarcane or arrowroots are grown.

Well, some are grown along polluted rivers and sewer lines and which host several health dangers.

But how do you tell farm-fresh sukuma wiki from those grown on sewer lines in areas like Ruai in Nairobi?

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