But why do they use cassava flour porridge to make the charcoal, locally known as ‘makhwangla’ --slum language for waste? Ms. Akinyi explains that the porridge, which is fit for consumption ...

Rose Akinyi at her work station in Manyatta slum in Kisumu where she makes briquettes from charcoal dust mixed with cassava porridge (Collins Oduor) When a group of women started using porridge to ...