
Caroline's Aunt Filder buying unshelled groundnuts at the market in Amida trading centre. Credit: Geoff Sayer/Oxfam |
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She says: “On most days we have ugali and beans, with a simsim (sesame) sauce. Sometimes we can have cassava from the shamba. Later this year we should have sweet potatoes and groundnuts from the shamba. Occasionally we might have fish, for a change. But that’s not very often. We eat fruits when they’re in season and sometimes we have milk, but never meat or eggs.”
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