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Urban poison: The danger in eating street boiled eggs and kachumbari

Such food is seen as a cheaper alternative. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Hard-up Kenyans are consuming unwholesome foods that expose them to life-threatening bacteria, The Standard can reveal. As the nation reels from the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic, coupled with mass layoffs from a contracting economy, many workers have turned to roadside food vendors for sustenance.

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