I have been thinking for a while about how much potential we have in doing things ourselves instead of relying on the established guyz to manufacture goods for us and charge us whatever they like.
With google.com/howstuffworks.com etc I believe we have all the knowledge we require to do stuff ourselves. The problem is we lack a lot of local content on these sites. Content like local prices, stores to get ingredients/machinery, laws etc.
So, I thought about how diverse Wazuans are and decided to start a thread calling on any wazuan who does whatever homemade stuff (beer/yoghurt/soap etc) to share some knowledge, preferably the local content (recipes and the rest am sure anyone can google). Like am currently very interested in homemade beer. Anyone making beer??

do I have to bury the mtungi? I cant leave it kama kwa balcony?

Muratina is traditional Kenyan wine with ethanol content of 2-8% per volume. Although some sources like Wikipedia describe it as "an alcoholic beverage similar to beer"

Burying the jerrycan in cow dung is only necessary in very cold places. Otherwise in Nairobi and its environs, the fermentation can occur without such extreme interventions.

Instead of honey, use sugarcane juice freely available in Thika town.

5 days is too long. 3 days will do. If u dnt get sugarcane juice, just buy raw sugarcane and use 'kimiiri' to extract juice from the cane. By the way, with fuel prices going thru the roof, why havent we thought of using pure chang'aa as fuel? When undiluted, its very effective as fuel. Used it instead of parafin to read when in school. Also called bikra. Have a glass is enough to put u out for a long time.

@Chaka, you are not considering human dung now, are you?

Seriously though, the whole point of it is to keep the temperatures high. It's a handy procedure if you live in a cold area. As for the duration, methinks 3 days is on the lower side if you want your beer to really "cook". It's usual to start tasting after 3 days but it still tastes a bit "rawish" at that point. But then again, that's my tongue and my beer, others may have different tastes and experiences. Hiyo ya miwa sijajaribu. Comes out just as good?