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Peninah Kavinya (left) with one of her Kinaa customers at the just ended 9th devolution conference in Homabay. The kamba traditional meal became popular with delegates. [Philip Muasya, Standard]
When thousands of people gathered in Homa Bay County for the just-concluded 9th Devolution Conference, one small corner at the Kitui exhibition booth kept attracting people like bees to nectar.
The magnet? A 66-year-old, smiling and wisecracking granny named Peninah Kavinya from Kitui County, with her sumptuous calabash servings of kinaa, a Kamba traditional porridge-like delicacy prepared using a mixture of fine millet flour and sour milk, and a bit of sugar or honey thrown in.
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