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Most families live in mud walled houses and use firewood

Planning PS Saitoti Torome, National Treasury and Planning Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Director General Zachary Mwangi and National Treasury CAS Nelson Gaichuhie during the launch of the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census basic reports at the National Treasury building yesterday. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Despite the huge economic leaps of the last five decades, cow dung is still the main construction material in Kenya.

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