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not so yummy.....veges from the sewage!!
vinii
#1 Posted : Sunday, October 02, 2011 8:41:24 PM
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........apparently the residents of Nairobi have been eating vegetables grown using sewage water ..... Acres of sukuma, spinach, nduma etc are to be found in Njiru under 'sewage irrigation'.....watch citizen at nine for the full story...............and by the way, this has been going on for over 20 years!!
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#2 Posted : Sunday, October 02, 2011 9:22:05 PM
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It is on 100acres. The greens end up in supermarkets and marikiti. Mungu saidia sisi
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akowally
#3 Posted : Monday, October 03, 2011 12:01:41 AM
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Thought that was manure...anyway waiting for the part where they say if it is dangerous or not.
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#4 Posted : Monday, October 03, 2011 8:07:16 AM
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akowally wrote:
Thought that was manure...anyway waiting for the part where they say if it is dangerous or not.


The big issues with these sewage fed vegges is not the sewage per se...I hope this wasn't the focus of the documentary - human poop is actually manure just like cow dung. However, RAW sewage is a matter of concern ecause faeces can be a source of pathogens...In fact, if the load of raw sewage is very high, you can actually smell the poop n your plate...I once suffered this misfortune and kept off sukuma wiki for quite a while It was so bad the whole kitchen smelt like a burst sewer. I believe that every Nairobian, including those dining in high end to our hotels) has tasted these vegges unless you personally maintain your weekly suply from Kisii or Kinangop. And off course there is your nduma and mitungo or maindi choma...Have you ever wondered why roast maize is available throughout the year yet we have only two seaons (the best it gets for maize is three seasons in some places like Butere and Busia...where maize is primarily grown for subsistence and therefore never gets to Nairobi).

The other bigger and more serious problem is that these sewage streams from say Mukuru are not just loaded with sewage, there is industrial effluent containing chemicals and heavy metals, all of which accumulate up the food chain. Then there is a postmortem room device called a macerator, whose discharge I suspect also joins the sewage stream...You dont want to think about this.

Important things.
1.Wash your vegges properly before cooking
2.Never buy black Nduma
3.If you buy managu,kunde, saga e.t.c insist that it actually comes from Kisii or similar places.(There are soko women who come with it on Nyamira Express everyday) Cheap managu or Kunde is likely to be from around Dandora or Njiru
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#5 Posted : Monday, October 03, 2011 8:12:36 AM
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akowally wrote:
Thought that was manure...anyway waiting for the part where they say if it is dangerous or not.

...This has been the case for as long as I can remember...na bado sijakufa neither am i doing a countdown... But on a serious note is our conscience dead...Unauza kinyesi na hujali!!!
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#6 Posted : Monday, October 03, 2011 9:22:59 AM
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Spend.thrift wrote:
akowally wrote:
Thought that was manure...anyway waiting for the part where they say if it is dangerous or not.


The big issues with these sewage fed vegges is not the sewage per se...I hope this wasn't the focus of the documentary - human poop is actually manure just like cow dung. However, RAW sewage is a matter of concern ecause faeces can be a source of pathogens...In fact, if the load of raw sewage is very high, you can actually smell the poop n your plate...I once suffered this misfortune and kept off sukuma wiki for quite a while It was so bad the whole kitchen smelt like a burst sewer. I believe that every Nairobian, including those dining in high end to our hotels) has tasted these vegges unless you personally maintain your weekly suply from Kisii or Kinangop. And off course there is your nduma and mitungo or maindi choma...Have you ever wondered why roast maize is available throughout the year yet we have only two seaons (the best it gets for maize is three seasons in some places like Butere and Busia...where maize is primarily grown for subsistence and therefore never gets to Nairobi).

The other bigger and more serious problem is that these sewage streams from say Mukuru are not just loaded with sewage, there is industrial effluent containing chemicals and heavy metals, all of which accumulate up the food chain. Then there is a postmortem room device called a macerator, whose discharge I suspect also joins the sewage stream...You dont want to think about this.

Important things.
1.Wash your vegges properly before cooking
2.Never buy black Nduma
3.If you buy managu,kunde, saga e.t.c insist that it actually comes from Kisii or similar places.(There are soko women who come with it on Nyamira Express everyday) Cheap managu or Kunde is likely to be from around Dandora or Njiru
4 Deworming regularly


Never buy Nduma in NBI. Buy when you go upcountry coz these business people smear red soil on the nduma.
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Ondiek
#7 Posted : Monday, October 03, 2011 9:33:32 AM
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I just rescinded my decision of becoming a vegeterian.
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#8 Posted : Monday, October 03, 2011 9:37:48 AM
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#9 Posted : Monday, October 03, 2011 9:51:49 AM
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nikitaka kula ugali kumbe ni GMO, nikitaka kula sukuma nasikitishwa ni ya sewage, nikitaka kula nyama nasikia hee haw hee haw kumbe ni ya fundaah - ahhhrg, i will start up my own greenhouse rugitoini
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#10 Posted : Monday, October 03, 2011 10:18:17 AM
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