Tiny pricey onions making consumers cry
When we went to get “mayai pasua” from our roadside vendor the other day, something odd hit me. While looking at the freshly prepared bowl of kachumbari in front of us, it was clear that our “mayai pasua” plug had little to no onions in it. We did not raise our concerns immediately, because, who asks “wapi kitunguu?” This is especially tougher when there’s a notable presence of well-dressed people waiting in line for their turn. We wandered away chatting among ourselves wondering how absurd it was only for our more enlightened colleague to interject, citing that there is onion shortage in Kenya. Our colleague,…
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