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Plate of pain: How 'sukuma ugali' became a luxury meal in 2025

A worker in Industrial area enjoys ugali and with sukuma wiki. [File, Standard]

A simple meal of ugali and sukuma wiki (kale), garnished with onions and tomatoes, may seem basic.

But there was nothing basic about this meal in 2025. In fact, if you could afford this meal daily in 2025, you would be considered relatively well-off.  

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