Let us promote traditional dishes to avert recurring famines

By Kilemi Mwiria

Famine is, unfortunately, something we have come to accept as a reality. Part of the problem is that most Kenyans’ idea of food is ugali from corn flour, which as is true of other popular dishes, is an import. We have not shown enough interest in our traditional food crops – millet, sorghum, peas, yams, arrowroots, cassava, black beans, honey and traditional vegetables and fruits. Yet older Kenyans grew on traditional foods.