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Forget ugali, this machine can prepare sumptuous maize meal snacks like pancakes

Mexican ambassador to Kenya Erasmo Martinez engages with JKUAT deputy vice chancellor Research production exclusion Abukutsa Mary at the Launch of Nixtamalization machine donated by the mexican agency of international cooperation for development and the Mexican embassy in kenya at JKUAT University IN JUJA on 5th june 2018 photo david gichuru

Ever heard of maize sandwiches? Or thought of chapati made from maize? Far-fetched as it seems, reality of these products is here with us following the launch of a technology capable of making various sizzling maize products.

Smart Harvest attended the launch of nixtamalisation milling machine that mills treated maize into a raw material for an assortment of value-added maize products. Onlookers watched in awe as a variety of maize food items they had never seen before were served by Mexican experts during the launch at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Juja campus.

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