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Why slum women are using porridge to make briquettes

Rose Akinyi at her work station in Manyatta slum, Kisumu County. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

When a group of women started using porridge to make briquettes for sale in Kisumu’s Manyatta slum, their neighbours gathered to protest. “How can they waste valuable food to make briquettes,” many wondered.

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