Traditional medicines on sale in Kibera slum in Nairobi. Flickr Over 70% of Kenyans rely on traditional healers as their primary source of health care. This number is high because healers respond to ...

CS Duale said partnership marks a shift from traditional donor funding to a government-led model focused on national ...

Nairobiresidents will soon enjoy their favourite traditional meals right onthe city streets. This is in a bid to promote food heritage and offer affordable,nutritious meals. The county government is ...

A few years ago, traditional vegetables and local foods in Kenya were largely perceived as foods of the poor and of the past. Local markets were dominated by three exotic vegetables: cabbage, kale ...

Kiamwangi, Kenya — If growing up in an agricultural community were the key to health, the children of Kiamwangi would be thriving. But Jane Hunyu, who farms a quarter-acre plot here, says the children ...

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale presided over the first East African Forum on traditional complimentary and interactive medicine.[Benard Orwongo Standard] Yet most of these remedies operate ...

At the dawn of Kenya’s colonial era in 1902, consumption of home-made alcohol was deeply embedded in society. For instance, among the Mijikenda of coastal Kenya, palm wine was integral (p.290) to ...