Kenyan pastoral women use indigenous knowledge to reinvent meat storage
Kajiado County Governor Joseph Ole Lenku (centre) is conducted on a tour of Enkiitok-Nadupa Women Marketing Co-operative Society’s exhibition booth during last year's Kenya…
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