The user is only required to knead the mixture with water for a short while and, voila! ugali is ready in less than a minute. Prof Violet Mugalavai of the University of Eldoret, who came up with instant ugali flour, said it is a simple solution to the wastage of food after harvest. And from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (Jkuat), a machine for cooking ugali is in the offing. It is armed with a programmable component and photoelectric sensors“The automatic cooking machine is designed to stir and press maize meal to produce ugali like a human cook.

Source: Daily Nation November 22, 2019 17:15 UTC