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[User] Cows were dying that is why we are facing hunger.

[Assistant] Which is the main reason that has made the cows to die?

[User] Eeee.

[Assistant] What is the reason that has made the cows to die?

[User] they are dying because of hunger there is no grass for the cows to feed on, in the past they were never finished but in these days the grass are over and that is why we are facing hunger.

[Assistant] And how did you overcome this food shortage?


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[User] Eeee.

[Assistant] What is the reason that has made the cows to die?

[User] they are dying because of hunger there is no grass for the cows to feed on, in the past they were never finished but in these days the grass are over and that is why we are facing hunger.

[Assistant] And how did you overcome this food shortage?

[User] We do not have milk so nowadays we are eating various types of vegetables.

[Assistant] So Nowadays you eat vegetables?


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[User] they are dying because of hunger there is no grass for the cows to feed on, in the past they were never finished but in these days the grass are over and that is why we are facing hunger.

[Assistant] And how did you overcome this food shortage?

[User] We do not have milk so nowadays we are eating various types of vegetables.

[Assistant] So Nowadays you eat vegetables?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] Milk is over and you have decided to eat vegetables?


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[User] We do not have milk so nowadays we are eating various types of vegetables.

[Assistant] So Nowadays you eat vegetables?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] Milk is over and you have decided to eat vegetables?

[User] Eeeee.

[Assistant] Which other way have you used to overcome this disaster apart from eating the vegetables?


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[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] Milk is over and you have decided to eat vegetables?

[User] Eeeee.

[Assistant] Which other way have you used to overcome this disaster apart from eating the vegetables?

[User] I just sit. There are no ways.

[Assistant] What have you done? Probably you have sold the cows, or you have moved them to your neighbours, what have you done to overcome the food shortage?


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[User] Eeeee.

[Assistant] Which other way have you used to overcome this disaster apart from eating the vegetables?

[User] I just sit. There are no ways.

[Assistant] What have you done? Probably you have sold the cows, or you have moved them to your neighbours, what have you done to overcome the food shortage?

[User] Eeee, that is what we did, I took cows to my brother who lives near the river. So now my people are eating vegetables and black tea with sugar because there is no milk.

[Assistant] So you have changed the way of life because there is no rain?


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[User] I just sit. There are no ways.

[Assistant] What have you done? Probably you have sold the cows, or you have moved them to your neighbours, what have you done to overcome the food shortage?

[User] Eeee, that is what we did, I took cows to my brother who lives near the river. So now my people are eating vegetables and black tea with sugar because there is no milk.

[Assistant] So you have changed the way of life because there is no rain?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] And you have taken your cows to your relatives?


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[User] Eeee, that is what we did, I took cows to my brother who lives near the river. So now my people are eating vegetables and black tea with sugar because there is no milk.

[Assistant] So you have changed the way of life because there is no rain?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] And you have taken your cows to your relatives?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] What about the children? How do they overcome this disaster? What do they eat so that they can live? Which activities do you engage yourself in so that you can live?


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[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] And you have taken your cows to your relatives?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] What about the children? How do they overcome this disaster? What do they eat so that they can live? Which activities do you engage yourself in so that you can live?

[User] We sell the cows.

[Assistant] You sell the cows?


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[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] What about the children? How do they overcome this disaster? What do they eat so that they can live? Which activities do you engage yourself in so that you can live?

[User] We sell the cows.

[Assistant] You sell the cows?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] Apart from selling the cows, which other activity do you do?


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[User] We sell the cows.

[Assistant] You sell the cows?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] Apart from selling the cows, which other activity do you do?

[User] Nothing.

[Assistant] Okay, and who are the major victims of hunger?


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[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] Apart from selling the cows, which other activity do you do?

[User] Nothing.

[Assistant] Okay, and who are the major victims of hunger?

[User] Mhhh.

[Assistant] Which group has been mostly affected by this food shortage?


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[User] Nothing.

[Assistant] Okay, and who are the major victims of hunger?

[User] Mhhh.

[Assistant] Which group has been mostly affected by this food shortage?

[User] Which Group?

[Assistant] Has been mainly affected by the problem?


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[User] Which Group?

[Assistant] Has been mainly affected by the problem?

[User] Only the men.

[Assistant] The men?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] Why are you saying the men?


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[User] Only the men.

[Assistant] The men?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] Why are you saying the men?

[User] It is the men because they are the one’s suffering?

[Assistant] The men? Who are these men?


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[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] Why are you saying the men?

[User] It is the men because they are the one’s suffering?

[Assistant] The men? Who are these men?

[User] The fathers, men in general.

[Assistant] Eeee, the men are the ones suffering?


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[User] It is the men because they are the one’s suffering?

[Assistant] The men? Who are these men?

[User] The fathers, men in general.

[Assistant] Eeee, the men are the ones suffering?

[User] Eeee.

[Assistant]
Why are they suffering? ##P 470## They suffer in getting the cows to the auction some of them they mill and the other people pay.

What about changing your eating portions may be you eat a little portion than what you used to eat do you think that could be one of the alternative to overcome hunger because you will have food for a longer period.


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[User] The fathers, men in general.

[Assistant] Eeee, the men are the ones suffering?

[User] Eeee.

[Assistant]
Why are they suffering? ##P 470## They suffer in getting the cows to the auction some of them they mill and the other people pay.

What about changing your eating portions may be you eat a little portion than what you used to eat do you think that could be one of the alternative to overcome hunger because you will have food for a longer period.

[User] We have not reduced the way we were eating; our problem is milk for example if you have a cupful of milk you will eat Ugali until you are satisfied and nowadays we eat bananas, cassavas and others. Health does not come only if you take black tea in the morning and eating lunch at around one or two in the afternoon.

[Assistant] So your health has deteriorated?


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[User] Eeee.

[Assistant]
Why are they suffering? ##P 470## They suffer in getting the cows to the auction some of them they mill and the other people pay.

What about changing your eating portions may be you eat a little portion than what you used to eat do you think that could be one of the alternative to overcome hunger because you will have food for a longer period.

[User] We have not reduced the way we were eating; our problem is milk for example if you have a cupful of milk you will eat Ugali until you are satisfied and nowadays we eat bananas, cassavas and others. Health does not come only if you take black tea in the morning and eating lunch at around one or two in the afternoon.

[Assistant] So your health has deteriorated?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] How has it deteriorate?


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[User] We have not reduced the way we were eating; our problem is milk for example if you have a cupful of milk you will eat Ugali until you are satisfied and nowadays we eat bananas, cassavas and others. Health does not come only if you take black tea in the morning and eating lunch at around one or two in the afternoon.

[Assistant] So your health has deteriorated?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] How has it deteriorate?

[User] There are not energetic if there is no milk.

[Assistant] Okay mother, I am grateful because of your good answers. We are almost coming to the end of our conversation but I would like us to add few questions for conclusion.


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[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] How has it deteriorate?

[User] There are not energetic if there is no milk.

[Assistant] Okay mother, I am grateful because of your good answers. We are almost coming to the end of our conversation but I would like us to add few questions for conclusion.

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] Mother I would like to know, how people in this community get to know about the issues of food so that they can have good health?


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[User] There are not energetic if there is no milk.

[Assistant] Okay mother, I am grateful because of your good answers. We are almost coming to the end of our conversation but I would like us to add few questions for conclusion.

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] Mother I would like to know, how people in this community get to know about the issues of food so that they can have good health?

[User] Where they get this education? I do not know.

[Assistant] Where did you get education on what to eat, the issues of good health, the issues of eating healthy food. Where did you get it from?


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[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] Mother I would like to know, how people in this community get to know about the issues of food so that they can have good health?

[User] Where they get this education? I do not know.

[Assistant] Where did you get education on what to eat, the issues of good health, the issues of eating healthy food. Where did you get it from?

[User] I was given by God.

[Assistant] He has given you education?


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[User] Where they get this education? I do not know.

[Assistant] Where did you get education on what to eat, the issues of good health, the issues of eating healthy food. Where did you get it from?

[User] I was given by God.

[Assistant] He has given you education?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] You did not hear from a person even saying “we should be eating well made food”, or we should be doing this so that we can have good health, we should be eating bananas, we should be eating cassavas" you have not heard that?


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[User] I was given by God.

[Assistant] He has given you education?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] You did not hear from a person even saying “we should be eating well made food”, or we should be doing this so that we can have good health, we should be eating bananas, we should be eating cassavas" you have not heard that?

[User] Ahah, I only see people buying and I also buy but not a person telling me.

[Assistant] So you have not been educated on the issues of feeding?


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[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] You did not hear from a person even saying “we should be eating well made food”, or we should be doing this so that we can have good health, we should be eating bananas, we should be eating cassavas" you have not heard that?

[User] Ahah, I only see people buying and I also buy but not a person telling me.

[Assistant] So you have not been educated on the issues of feeding?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] Okay, I would like to know if we bring the education concerning the way of eating, the issues of food, the forms of eating, how will you benefit from it?


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[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] Okay, I would like to know if we bring the education concerning the way of eating, the issues of food, the forms of eating, how will you benefit from it?

[User] That education?

[Assistant] Mmmm.

[User] In what?

[Assistant] If we bring it and came to educate the people of Kambala on issues concerning the ways of eating, education about the foods, how do you think you will benefit from it?


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[User] That education?

[Assistant] Mmmm.

[User] In what?

[Assistant] If we bring it and came to educate the people of Kambala on issues concerning the ways of eating, education about the foods, how do you think you will benefit from it?

[User] Good, those who will listen are the ones who will benefit from it.

[Assistant] Which benefits are you going to get?


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[User] In what?

[Assistant] If we bring it and came to educate the people of Kambala on issues concerning the ways of eating, education about the foods, how do you think you will benefit from it?

[User] Good, those who will listen are the ones who will benefit from it.

[Assistant] Which benefits are you going to get?

[User] We are going to benefit.

[Assistant] Which benefits? I would like to know the benefits which you are going to have.


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[User] Good, those who will listen are the ones who will benefit from it.

[Assistant] Which benefits are you going to get?

[User] We are going to benefit.

[Assistant] Which benefits? I would like to know the benefits which you are going to have.

[User] Like when you give us cows, we get a benefit, we will eat well

[Assistant] May you explain in details


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[User] We are going to benefit.

[Assistant] Which benefits? I would like to know the benefits which you are going to have.

[User] Like when you give us cows, we get a benefit, we will eat well

[Assistant] May you explain in details

[User] What am I saying?

[Assistant] For example if we come to educate you on the ways of eating, the issues of foods, so that you can have a good health, which benefit do you think you will get from it?


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[User] Like when you give us cows, we get a benefit, we will eat well

[Assistant] May you explain in details

[User] What am I saying?

[Assistant] For example if we come to educate you on the ways of eating, the issues of foods, so that you can have a good health, which benefit do you think you will get from it?

[User] Good.

[Assistant] Which are the benefits? I would like to know the benefits.


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[User] What am I saying?

[Assistant] For example if we come to educate you on the ways of eating, the issues of foods, so that you can have a good health, which benefit do you think you will get from it?

[User] Good.

[Assistant] Which are the benefits? I would like to know the benefits.

[User] Do you want to know the benefits it will get?

[Assistant] Mmmm, how will it help you?


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[User] Good.

[Assistant] Which are the benefits? I would like to know the benefits.

[User] Do you want to know the benefits it will get?

[Assistant] Mmmm, how will it help you?

[User] How it will help us?

[Assistant] Mother, so you do not know the benefits you will get?


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[User] Do you want to know the benefits it will get?

[Assistant] Mmmm, how will it help you?

[User] How it will help us?

[Assistant] Mother, so you do not know the benefits you will get?

[User] Mmhuh

[Assistant] And how do you think this education about the nutrition should be brought to you so that it can reach all of you? Should we bring it in the churches, or schools or health centers or we broadcast it in the radios so that you can be listening on what to eat healthy foods, how do you think this education should be brought so that it can reach you?


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[User] Mmhuh

[Assistant] And how do you think this education about the nutrition should be brought to you so that it can reach all of you? Should we bring it in the churches, or schools or health centers or we broadcast it in the radios so that you can be listening on what to eat healthy foods, how do you think this education should be brought so that it can reach you?

[User] So that it can reach us. You only come to the children's school.

[Assistant] Children's schools?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] We Go and tell the children?


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[User] So that it can reach us. You only come to the children's school.

[Assistant] Children's schools?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] We Go and tell the children?

[User] Ahah, you call people to come there.

[Assistant] Ooh, you come as a group or a meeting?


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[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] We Go and tell the children?

[User] Ahah, you call people to come there.

[Assistant] Ooh, you come as a group or a meeting?

[User] Eeee.

[Assistant] So that the education can reach you?


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[User] Ahah, you call people to come there.

[Assistant] Ooh, you come as a group or a meeting?

[User] Eeee.

[Assistant] So that the education can reach you?

[User] Eeee.

[Assistant] What about if we do it to the churches? We just tell you in the churches, do you think you will benefit?


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[User] Eeee.

[Assistant] So that the education can reach you?

[User] Eeee.

[Assistant] What about if we do it to the churches? We just tell you in the churches, do you think you will benefit?

[User] Eee, we will benefit.

[Assistant] But which one do you prefer?


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[User] Eee, we will benefit.

[Assistant] But which one do you prefer?

[User] let it be a meeting.

[Assistant] A meeting?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] And who do you think is the best person to bring the education? The one who can bring the education to all?


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[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] And who do you think is the best person to bring the education? The one who can bring the education to all?

[User] The chairman.

[Assistant] The chairman?

[User] Mmm.

[Assistant] Which chairman? Is it a village chairman or?


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[User] The chairman.

[Assistant] The chairman?

[User] Mmm.

[Assistant] Which chairman? Is it a village chairman or?

[User] Local area chairman.

[Assistant] Is the one who can bring the education?


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[User] Mmm.

[Assistant] Which chairman? Is it a village chairman or?

[User] Local area chairman.

[Assistant] Is the one who can bring the education?

[User] Mmmm.

[Assistant] Okay mother I am grateful of your good answers, we have come to the end of our conversation, Thank you very much.


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[User] Yes.

[Assistant] Before you got married to Mr L., which type of homestead did you live in were there more than one household where for example you would go to uncles, aunties or grandmother’s house to eat food or it was just an independent household?

[User] We were living in a big homestead because my father had five wives.

[Assistant] Okay, so you were able to eat in more than one house?

[User] Yes, you can eat to your mother’s house then you go to your step mother to eat like that.

[Assistant] What were the duties and responsibilities of women, girls and boys starting with girls?


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[User] We were living in a big homestead because my father had five wives.

[Assistant] Okay, so you were able to eat in more than one house?

[User] Yes, you can eat to your mother’s house then you go to your step mother to eat like that.

[Assistant] What were the duties and responsibilities of women, girls and boys starting with girls?

[User] Girls were not allocated any work they were just there only that we were going to graze the cattle when (layon) boys are sick.

[Assistant] What about cooking?


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[User] Yes, you can eat to your mother’s house then you go to your step mother to eat like that.

[Assistant] What were the duties and responsibilities of women, girls and boys starting with girls?

[User] Girls were not allocated any work they were just there only that we were going to graze the cattle when (layon) boys are sick.

[Assistant] What about cooking?

[User] My mother is the one cooking until we were big girls we were helping my mother to cook.

[Assistant] What about washing clothes.


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[User] Girls were not allocated any work they were just there only that we were going to graze the cattle when (layon) boys are sick.

[Assistant] What about cooking?

[User] My mother is the one cooking until we were big girls we were helping my mother to cook.

[Assistant] What about washing clothes.

[User] We were washing our clothes and also washing dishes as we as guard and milking cows.

[Assistant] What about boys what were their main duties and responsibilities?


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[User] My mother is the one cooking until we were big girls we were helping my mother to cook.

[Assistant] What about washing clothes.

[User] We were washing our clothes and also washing dishes as we as guard and milking cows.

[Assistant] What about boys what were their main duties and responsibilities?

[User] Their main work was to graze animals.

[Assistant] What were your mother main duties and responsibilities?


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[User] We were washing our clothes and also washing dishes as we as guard and milking cows.

[Assistant] What about boys what were their main duties and responsibilities?

[User] Their main work was to graze animals.

[Assistant] What were your mother main duties and responsibilities?

[User] Her responsibilities were cooking, fetching water, washing dishes, fetching firewood, milking cows, all the house hold chores and they were many.

[Assistant] What about your father?


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[User] Their main work was to graze animals.

[Assistant] What were your mother main duties and responsibilities?

[User] Her responsibilities were cooking, fetching water, washing dishes, fetching firewood, milking cows, all the house hold chores and they were many.

[Assistant] What about your father?

[User] My father did not have so much to do especially when his male children were big he was guiding/training them on how to take good care of the cows, to treat his livestock whenever they are sick, in short he was responsible for his family.

[Assistant] And what did you used to eat those days.


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[User] Her responsibilities were cooking, fetching water, washing dishes, fetching firewood, milking cows, all the house hold chores and they were many.

[Assistant] What about your father?

[User] My father did not have so much to do especially when his male children were big he was guiding/training them on how to take good care of the cows, to treat his livestock whenever they are sick, in short he was responsible for his family.

[Assistant] And what did you used to eat those days.

[User] Milk, blood and ugali but rarely.

[Assistant] What about the food which is infrequently eaten?


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[User] My father did not have so much to do especially when his male children were big he was guiding/training them on how to take good care of the cows, to treat his livestock whenever they are sick, in short he was responsible for his family.

[Assistant] And what did you used to eat those days.

[User] Milk, blood and ugali but rarely.

[Assistant] What about the food which is infrequently eaten?

[User] Kande (mixture of cracked/dehulled maize and beans), Makuku (boiled maize so you can boil maize and beans but if you do not have beans you just boil maize only.

[Assistant] Was there any special food that was eaten by men and not women in your community?


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[User] Milk, blood and ugali but rarely.

[Assistant] What about the food which is infrequently eaten?

[User] Kande (mixture of cracked/dehulled maize and beans), Makuku (boiled maize so you can boil maize and beans but if you do not have beans you just boil maize only.

[Assistant] Was there any special food that was eaten by men and not women in your community?

[User] No. We eat the same food.

[Assistant] So you eat together.


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[User] Kande (mixture of cracked/dehulled maize and beans), Makuku (boiled maize so you can boil maize and beans but if you do not have beans you just boil maize only.

[Assistant] Was there any special food that was eaten by men and not women in your community?

[User] No. We eat the same food.

[Assistant] So you eat together.

[User] No, you serve male children together with the father and female children eat with their mother.

[Assistant] You told me you were eating ugali, so were you farmer?


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[User] No. We eat the same food.

[Assistant] So you eat together.

[User] No, you serve male children together with the father and female children eat with their mother.

[Assistant] You told me you were eating ugali, so were you farmer?

[User] No, were not farmers we used to buy maize.

[Assistant] So who used to go to the market to buy food?


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[User] No, you serve male children together with the father and female children eat with their mother.

[Assistant] You told me you were eating ugali, so were you farmer?

[User] No, were not farmers we used to buy maize.

[Assistant] So who used to go to the market to buy food?

[User] My father.

[Assistant] And when you were young do you remember who used to make decision on food matters for example the food got finished she was discussing with the father and you children or you were not involved?


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[User] No, were not farmers we used to buy maize.

[Assistant] So who used to go to the market to buy food?

[User] My father.

[Assistant] And when you were young do you remember who used to make decision on food matters for example the food got finished she was discussing with the father and you children or you were not involved?

[User] My mother and my father used to discuss they were not involving us.

[Assistant] In your community when you say a child has grown up to become an adult man or adult woman how do you know or what do you look at in order to acknowledge that he/she is now a grown-up man/ woman?


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[User] My father.

[Assistant] And when you were young do you remember who used to make decision on food matters for example the food got finished she was discussing with the father and you children or you were not involved?

[User] My mother and my father used to discuss they were not involving us.

[Assistant] In your community when you say a child has grown up to become an adult man or adult woman how do you know or what do you look at in order to acknowledge that he/she is now a grown-up man/ woman?

[User] A female child or a male child?

[Assistant] Let us start with a male child?


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[User] My mother and my father used to discuss they were not involving us.

[Assistant] In your community when you say a child has grown up to become an adult man or adult woman how do you know or what do you look at in order to acknowledge that he/she is now a grown-up man/ woman?

[User] A female child or a male child?

[Assistant] Let us start with a male child?

[User] For a male I do not know.

[Assistant] What about a female child?


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[User] A female child or a male child?

[Assistant] Let us start with a male child?

[User] For a male I do not know.

[Assistant] What about a female child?

[User] She will become big.

[Assistant] You mean she becomes tall and fat or what is it that you are looking?


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[User] For a male I do not know.

[Assistant] What about a female child?

[User] She will become big.

[Assistant] You mean she becomes tall and fat or what is it that you are looking?

[User] She becomes fat.

[Assistant] What about the one who is naturally thin?


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[User] She will become big.

[Assistant] You mean she becomes tall and fat or what is it that you are looking?

[User] She becomes fat.

[Assistant] What about the one who is naturally thin?

[User] Even if she is thin but when she has grown up she will change.

[Assistant] And what else are you looking for?


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[User] She becomes fat.

[Assistant] What about the one who is naturally thin?

[User] Even if she is thin but when she has grown up she will change.

[Assistant] And what else are you looking for?

[User] She will start her menstruation period.

[Assistant] Okay then after you have realised that she is now a grown up person then what else are you doing for her? Will she be dance for or?


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[User] Even if she is thin but when she has grown up she will change.

[Assistant] And what else are you looking for?

[User] She will start her menstruation period.

[Assistant] Okay then after you have realised that she is now a grown up person then what else are you doing for her? Will she be dance for or?

[User] Yes, She will be danced for, that was our initiation ceremony.

[Assistant] So from there?


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[User] She will start her menstruation period.

[Assistant] Okay then after you have realised that she is now a grown up person then what else are you doing for her? Will she be dance for or?

[User] Yes, She will be danced for, that was our initiation ceremony.

[Assistant] So from there?

[User] From there she can get married you know those days we were not going to school so it was after you were danced for you get married.

[Assistant] So how old will she be when she is danced for?


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[User] Yes, She will be danced for, that was our initiation ceremony.

[Assistant] So from there?

[User] From there she can get married you know those days we were not going to school so it was after you were danced for you get married.

[Assistant] So how old will she be when she is danced for?

[User] About15 -17 years.

[Assistant] What about is she is going to school?


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[User] From there she can get married you know those days we were not going to school so it was after you were danced for you get married.

[Assistant] So how old will she be when she is danced for?

[User] About15 -17 years.

[Assistant] What about is she is going to school?

[User] She will be danced for?

[Assistant] Even if she has not finished school?


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[User] About15 -17 years.

[Assistant] What about is she is going to school?

[User] She will be danced for?

[Assistant] Even if she has not finished school?

[User] Eeeeh, she will be danced for.

[Assistant] For how many days will the ceremony last?


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[User] She will be danced for?

[Assistant] Even if she has not finished school?

[User] Eeeeh, she will be danced for.

[Assistant] For how many days will the ceremony last?

[User] Two days.

[Assistant] What is it that they are doing on that initiation ceremony?


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[User] Eeeeh, she will be danced for.

[Assistant] For how many days will the ceremony last?

[User] Two days.

[Assistant] What is it that they are doing on that initiation ceremony?

[User] Nothing it is a ceremony like any other.

[Assistant] There is nothing like may be grandmothers or aunties talking to her advising her on some issues?


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[User] Two days.

[Assistant] What is it that they are doing on that initiation ceremony?

[User] Nothing it is a ceremony like any other.

[Assistant] There is nothing like may be grandmothers or aunties talking to her advising her on some issues?

[User] No, us Maasai we do not do that. For us is you slaughter a cow prepare a lot of food for people to eat.

[Assistant] Are men danced for?


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[User] Nothing it is a ceremony like any other.

[Assistant] There is nothing like may be grandmothers or aunties talking to her advising her on some issues?

[User] No, us Maasai we do not do that. For us is you slaughter a cow prepare a lot of food for people to eat.

[Assistant] Are men danced for?

[User] Yes they are.

[Assistant] What kind of a ceremony is that?


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[User] No, us Maasai we do not do that. For us is you slaughter a cow prepare a lot of food for people to eat.

[Assistant] Are men danced for?

[User] Yes they are.

[Assistant] What kind of a ceremony is that?

[User] It is called initiation ceremony.

[Assistant] What are you doing so as to earn a living?


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[User] Yes they are.

[Assistant] What kind of a ceremony is that?

[User] It is called initiation ceremony.

[Assistant] What are you doing so as to earn a living?

[User] We do not have any other work apart from livestock rearing.

[Assistant] You said you also farm isn’t it?


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[User] It is called initiation ceremony.

[Assistant] What are you doing so as to earn a living?

[User] We do not have any other work apart from livestock rearing.

[Assistant] You said you also farm isn’t it?

[User] Yes but it is something small.

[Assistant] Did you harvest last year?


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[User] We do not have any other work apart from livestock rearing.

[Assistant] You said you also farm isn’t it?

[User] Yes but it is something small.

[Assistant] Did you harvest last year?

[User] Yes,

[Assistant] How many bags did you harvest?


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[User] Yes but it is something small.

[Assistant] Did you harvest last year?

[User] Yes,

[Assistant] How many bags did you harvest?

[User] Two bags.

[Assistant] It is only maize you are planted?


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[User] Yes,

[Assistant] How many bags did you harvest?

[User] Two bags.

[Assistant] It is only maize you are planted?

[User] Eeeeh.

[Assistant] You told me you have big children?


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[User] Two bags.

[Assistant] It is only maize you are planted?

[User] Eeeeh.

[Assistant] You told me you have big children?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] What are their duties and responsibilities of your male and female children?


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[User] Eeeeh.

[Assistant] You told me you have big children?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] What are their duties and responsibilities of your male and female children?

[User] First born responsibility is take cattle for grazing and the second born is in school so he does not work.

[Assistant] Okay, Is there anyone in your family who attended school?


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[User] Yes.

[Assistant] What are their duties and responsibilities of your male and female children?

[User] First born responsibility is take cattle for grazing and the second born is in school so he does not work.

[Assistant] Okay, Is there anyone in your family who attended school?

[User] Yes, Four of my siblings attended school but up to class seven and some of them did not finish class seven.

[Assistant] And all of your children are going to school?


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[User] First born responsibility is take cattle for grazing and the second born is in school so he does not work.

[Assistant] Okay, Is there anyone in your family who attended school?

[User] Yes, Four of my siblings attended school but up to class seven and some of them did not finish class seven.

[Assistant] And all of your children are going to school?

[User] The big ones attended school up to class seven but they did not continue to secondary school because they did not pass their national examination.

[Assistant] And the rest?


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[User] Yes, Four of my siblings attended school but up to class seven and some of them did not finish class seven.

[Assistant] And all of your children are going to school?

[User] The big ones attended school up to class seven but they did not continue to secondary school because they did not pass their national examination.

[Assistant] And the rest?

[User] This two are going to school and the rest are small they have not yet started school.

[Assistant] Do you have a big girl child?


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[User] The big ones attended school up to class seven but they did not continue to secondary school because they did not pass their national examination.

[Assistant] And the rest?

[User] This two are going to school and the rest are small they have not yet started school.

[Assistant] Do you have a big girl child?

[User] Yes, she is married, but at the moment she is here?

[Assistant] Why is she here?


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[User] This two are going to school and the rest are small they have not yet started school.

[Assistant] Do you have a big girl child?

[User] Yes, she is married, but at the moment she is here?

[Assistant] Why is she here?

[User] Because she is not in good terms with her husband.

[Assistant] Is she the one I saw when I was here last?


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[User] Yes, she is married, but at the moment she is here?

[Assistant] Why is she here?

[User] Because she is not in good terms with her husband.

[Assistant] Is she the one I saw when I was here last?

[User] Yes, she is the one.

[Assistant] Is there any food that was eaten in the past but you are not eaten nowadays and the food that you are eating nowadays and you were not eating in the past and also there are methods of cooking food you used in the past but you are not using nowadays, is it true that there are changes so far?


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[User] Because she is not in good terms with her husband.

[Assistant] Is she the one I saw when I was here last?

[User] Yes, she is the one.

[Assistant] Is there any food that was eaten in the past but you are not eaten nowadays and the food that you are eating nowadays and you were not eating in the past and also there are methods of cooking food you used in the past but you are not using nowadays, is it true that there are changes so far?

[User] Yes. In the past we used to eat vegetables from the wild like wild jute mallow, not like now we prepare a stew made of potatoes and onions,

[Assistant] Also nowadays you are able to buy vegetables.


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[User] Yes, she is the one.

[Assistant] Is there any food that was eaten in the past but you are not eaten nowadays and the food that you are eating nowadays and you were not eating in the past and also there are methods of cooking food you used in the past but you are not using nowadays, is it true that there are changes so far?

[User] Yes. In the past we used to eat vegetables from the wild like wild jute mallow, not like now we prepare a stew made of potatoes and onions,

[Assistant] Also nowadays you are able to buy vegetables.

[User] Yes nowadays we buy maize flour, beans and you fry them nicely.

[Assistant] Which type of food did you prepare in a certain way but nowadays you have changed the method of preparation?


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[User] Yes. In the past we used to eat vegetables from the wild like wild jute mallow, not like now we prepare a stew made of potatoes and onions,

[Assistant] Also nowadays you are able to buy vegetables.

[User] Yes nowadays we buy maize flour, beans and you fry them nicely.

[Assistant] Which type of food did you prepare in a certain way but nowadays you have changed the method of preparation?

[User] Like vegetables.

[Assistant] Mmmh, tell me.


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[User] Yes nowadays we buy maize flour, beans and you fry them nicely.

[Assistant] Which type of food did you prepare in a certain way but nowadays you have changed the method of preparation?

[User] Like vegetables.

[Assistant] Mmmh, tell me.

[User] In the past we used to pick them from the wild wash them then we boil and then we add milk,

[Assistant] And nowadays how do you prepare them?


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[User] Like vegetables.

[Assistant] Mmmh, tell me.

[User] In the past we used to pick them from the wild wash them then we boil and then we add milk,

[Assistant] And nowadays how do you prepare them?

[User] You fry them with onions and tomatoes.

[Assistant] So you have changed the method of cooking?


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[User] In the past we used to pick them from the wild wash them then we boil and then we add milk,

[Assistant] And nowadays how do you prepare them?

[User] You fry them with onions and tomatoes.

[Assistant] So you have changed the method of cooking?

[User] Yes,

[Assistant] So what do you think of all these changes like nowadays there is chips enriched with eggs first of all have you ever eaten Chips?


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[User] Yes,

[Assistant] So what do you think of all these changes like nowadays there is chips enriched with eggs first of all have you ever eaten Chips?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] And chicken?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] What about fish?


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[User] Yes.

[Assistant] And chicken?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] What about fish?

[User] No I do not like fish.

[Assistant] What do you think is the cause of all these changes because in the past you used to eat meat, milk and ugali but nowadays you are eating different kind of food so what do you think is the cause of these change is it that there is no milk like in the past or what is it?


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[User] Yes.

[Assistant] What about fish?

[User] No I do not like fish.

[Assistant] What do you think is the cause of all these changes because in the past you used to eat meat, milk and ugali but nowadays you are eating different kind of food so what do you think is the cause of these change is it that there is no milk like in the past or what is it?

[User] Milk is there it is just that nowadays there are varieties of food.

[Assistant] So it is because the food is available that is why you are eating them?


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[User] No I do not like fish.

[Assistant] What do you think is the cause of all these changes because in the past you used to eat meat, milk and ugali but nowadays you are eating different kind of food so what do you think is the cause of these change is it that there is no milk like in the past or what is it?

[User] Milk is there it is just that nowadays there are varieties of food.

[Assistant] So it is because the food is available that is why you are eating them?

[User] OH yes.

[Assistant] Or is it that nowadays people have money or?


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[User] Milk is there it is just that nowadays there are varieties of food.

[Assistant] So it is because the food is available that is why you are eating them?

[User] OH yes.

[Assistant] Or is it that nowadays people have money or?

[User] Hahahahaaa may be men have money and they do not tell us because as women we do not have.

[Assistant] Apart for Maasai which other tribe is here?


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[User] OH yes.

[Assistant] Or is it that nowadays people have money or?

[User] Hahahahaaa may be men have money and they do not tell us because as women we do not have.

[Assistant] Apart for Maasai which other tribe is here?

[User] There are Gogo.

[Assistant] Okay, it is not that you imitate Gogo food preparation.


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[User] Hahahahaaa may be men have money and they do not tell us because as women we do not have.

[Assistant] Apart for Maasai which other tribe is here?

[User] There are Gogo.

[Assistant] Okay, it is not that you imitate Gogo food preparation.

[User] I do not think so because Gogo eat almost like us.

[Assistant] So it is not because of interaction with other tribes?


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[User] I do not think so because Gogo eat almost like us.

[Assistant] So it is not because of interaction with other tribes?

[User] No, May be because we are somehow educated.

[Assistant] What else?

[User] Nothing more.

[Assistant] So nowadays you are eating rice, eggs, pilau?


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[User] No, May be because we are somehow educated.

[Assistant] What else?

[User] Nothing more.

[Assistant] So nowadays you are eating rice, eggs, pilau?

[User] Yes we are eating everything even my husband eat everything.

[Assistant] So do you think these changes are good or bad?


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[User] Nothing more.

[Assistant] So nowadays you are eating rice, eggs, pilau?

[User] Yes we are eating everything even my husband eat everything.

[Assistant] So do you think these changes are good or bad?

[User] They are good because they eat what they like

[Assistant] Don’t you think Maasai are changing to something else?


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[User] Yes we are eating everything even my husband eat everything.

[Assistant] So do you think these changes are good or bad?

[User] They are good because they eat what they like

[Assistant] Don’t you think Maasai are changing to something else?

[User] No they won’t change.

[Assistant] Do you think they will be able to graze their animals like in the past?


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[User] They are good because they eat what they like

[Assistant] Don’t you think Maasai are changing to something else?

[User] No they won’t change.

[Assistant] Do you think they will be able to graze their animals like in the past?

[User] No it is not true.

[Assistant] Mother, is milk important to you?


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[User] No they won’t change.

[Assistant] Do you think they will be able to graze their animals like in the past?

[User] No it is not true.

[Assistant] Mother, is milk important to you?

[User] Yes, milk is very important.

[Assistant] Why is it important?


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[User] No it is not true.

[Assistant] Mother, is milk important to you?

[User] Yes, milk is very important.

[Assistant] Why is it important?

[User] Sometimes we use milk as relish to eat with Ugali because we do not have vegetables.

[Assistant] When was milk important to you between when you were young and now?


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[User] Yes, milk is very important.

[Assistant] Why is it important?

[User] Sometimes we use milk as relish to eat with Ugali because we do not have vegetables.

[Assistant] When was milk important to you between when you were young and now?

[User] All the time milk is very important.

[Assistant] So it’s importance is only when you eat with ugali?


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[User] Sometimes we use milk as relish to eat with Ugali because we do not have vegetables.

[Assistant] When was milk important to you between when you were young and now?

[User] All the time milk is very important.

[Assistant] So it’s importance is only when you eat with ugali?

[User] Yes, maybe I do not know any other importance.

[Assistant] What about health?


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[User] All the time milk is very important.

[Assistant] So it’s importance is only when you eat with ugali?

[User] Yes, maybe I do not know any other importance.

[Assistant] What about health?

[User] Yes, even health and that is why when it is dry season our children are losing weight because they do not get enough milk.

[Assistant] What is the reason as to why milk in not available and the price has increased?


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[User] Yes, maybe I do not know any other importance.

[Assistant] What about health?

[User] Yes, even health and that is why when it is dry season our children are losing weight because they do not get enough milk.

[Assistant] What is the reason as to why milk in not available and the price has increased?

[User] It is because there is no pasture for our cows to feed on.

[Assistant] Why is it that there is no pasture?


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[User] It is because there is no pasture for our cows to feed on.

[Assistant] Why is it that there is no pasture?

[User] It is because of drought.

[Assistant] What else?

[User] Too much cow diseases.

[Assistant] Mhhh what else?


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[User] It is because of drought.

[Assistant] What else?

[User] Too much cow diseases.

[Assistant] Mhhh what else?

[User] Nothing more.

[Assistant] Do you have land conflict here?


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[User] Too much cow diseases.

[Assistant] Mhhh what else?

[User] Nothing more.

[Assistant] Do you have land conflict here?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] Don’t you think it contributed to the shortage of milk production.


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[User] Nothing more.

[Assistant] Do you have land conflict here?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] Don’t you think it contributed to the shortage of milk production.

[User] Mhhh I don’t think so.

[Assistant] So between Drought and diseases which one do you think contribute more to the changes of milk production?


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[User] Yes.

[Assistant] Don’t you think it contributed to the shortage of milk production.

[User] Mhhh I don’t think so.

[Assistant] So between Drought and diseases which one do you think contribute more to the changes of milk production?

[User] Drought.

[Assistant] Who normally goes to buy food?


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[User] Mhhh I don’t think so.

[Assistant] So between Drought and diseases which one do you think contribute more to the changes of milk production?

[User] Drought.

[Assistant] Who normally goes to buy food?

[User] My husband.

[Assistant] Why him and not you?


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[User] Drought.

[Assistant] Who normally goes to buy food?

[User] My husband.

[Assistant] Why him and not you?

[User] I do not know.

[Assistant] So why do you send him to buy food?


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[User] My husband.

[Assistant] Why him and not you?

[User] I do not know.

[Assistant] So why do you send him to buy food?

[User] No, I am not the one who send him to buy food, what happens is when he is going to the auction to sell cows and if I do not have food I will tell him that I do not have this and that food then after selling the cows he will bring food home.

[Assistant] And who makes decision that you husband is the one going to buy food for family?


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[User] I do not know.

[Assistant] So why do you send him to buy food?

[User] No, I am not the one who send him to buy food, what happens is when he is going to the auction to sell cows and if I do not have food I will tell him that I do not have this and that food then after selling the cows he will bring food home.

[Assistant] And who makes decision that you husband is the one going to buy food for family?

[User] We all decide.

[Assistant] Including the children?


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[User] No, I am not the one who send him to buy food, what happens is when he is going to the auction to sell cows and if I do not have food I will tell him that I do not have this and that food then after selling the cows he will bring food home.

[Assistant] And who makes decision that you husband is the one going to buy food for family?

[User] We all decide.

[Assistant] Including the children?

[User] No, It is me and my husband.

[Assistant] Where do you get things like vegetables?


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[User] We all decide.

[Assistant] Including the children?

[User] No, It is me and my husband.

[Assistant] Where do you get things like vegetables?

[User] Along the road.

[Assistant] You mean that road which has tarmac?


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[User] No, It is me and my husband.

[Assistant] Where do you get things like vegetables?

[User] Along the road.

[Assistant] You mean that road which has tarmac?

[User] Yes and there are other people who walk around selling vegetables.

[Assistant] So that is how you get your vegetables?


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[User] Along the road.

[Assistant] You mean that road which has tarmac?

[User] Yes and there are other people who walk around selling vegetables.

[Assistant] So that is how you get your vegetables?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] When you were young were there people who walk around selling vegetables?


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[User] Yes and there are other people who walk around selling vegetables.

[Assistant] So that is how you get your vegetables?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] When you were young were there people who walk around selling vegetables?

[User] No.

[Assistant] Which type of food do you normally cook here at home?


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[User] Yes.

[Assistant] When you were young were there people who walk around selling vegetables?

[User] No.

[Assistant] Which type of food do you normally cook here at home?

[User] It is ugali.

[Assistant] What makes you cook the type of food you cook?


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[User] No.

[Assistant] Which type of food do you normally cook here at home?

[User] It is ugali.

[Assistant] What makes you cook the type of food you cook?

[User] Appetite only, I may decide to cook Kande today, rice tomorrow.

[Assistant] So it is whose appetite is it your alone or even children?


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[User] It is ugali.

[Assistant] What makes you cook the type of food you cook?

[User] Appetite only, I may decide to cook Kande today, rice tomorrow.

[Assistant] So it is whose appetite is it your alone or even children?

[User] Even my children they will tell me mum we want rice then I will cook for them.

[Assistant] What about your husband?


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[User] Appetite only, I may decide to cook Kande today, rice tomorrow.

[Assistant] So it is whose appetite is it your alone or even children?

[User] Even my children they will tell me mum we want rice then I will cook for them.

[Assistant] What about your husband?

[User] No, not him.

[Assistant] Do you think drought contributed to the change of food?


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[User] Even my children they will tell me mum we want rice then I will cook for them.

[Assistant] What about your husband?

[User] No, not him.

[Assistant] Do you think drought contributed to the change of food?

[User] I do not know.

[Assistant] What about Money don’t you think it has contributed?


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[User] No, not him.

[Assistant] Do you think drought contributed to the change of food?

[User] I do not know.

[Assistant] What about Money don’t you think it has contributed?

[User] Yes, because if you do not have money you will prepare the food you have or food you can afford.

[Assistant] You told me three main things first one is appetite then you cook what your children wants, and then (money) you cook what you can afford, so between the three reasons which one influence most your decision to cook what you cook?


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[User] I do not know.

[Assistant] What about Money don’t you think it has contributed?

[User] Yes, because if you do not have money you will prepare the food you have or food you can afford.

[Assistant] You told me three main things first one is appetite then you cook what your children wants, and then (money) you cook what you can afford, so between the three reasons which one influence most your decision to cook what you cook?

[User] Money.

[Assistant] When you were young living with your parents did you ever experience food shortage or hunger?


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[User] Yes, because if you do not have money you will prepare the food you have or food you can afford.

[Assistant] You told me three main things first one is appetite then you cook what your children wants, and then (money) you cook what you can afford, so between the three reasons which one influence most your decision to cook what you cook?

[User] Money.

[Assistant] When you were young living with your parents did you ever experience food shortage or hunger?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] What was the cause?


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[User] Money.

[Assistant] When you were young living with your parents did you ever experience food shortage or hunger?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] What was the cause?

[User] We did not have money to buy food.

[Assistant] So you slept hungry?


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[User] Yes.

[Assistant] What was the cause?

[User] We did not have money to buy food.

[Assistant] So you slept hungry?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] So what did you do to overcome that situation?


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[User] We did not have money to buy food.

[Assistant] So you slept hungry?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] So what did you do to overcome that situation?

[User] It happens even nowadays.

[Assistant] Was there a time that you experienced severe hunger?


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[User] Yes.

[Assistant] So what did you do to overcome that situation?

[User] It happens even nowadays.

[Assistant] Was there a time that you experienced severe hunger?

[User] Yes, last year was bad because of severe drought.

[Assistant] Have you ever experience severe drought like the one of last year?


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[User] It happens even nowadays.

[Assistant] Was there a time that you experienced severe hunger?

[User] Yes, last year was bad because of severe drought.

[Assistant] Have you ever experience severe drought like the one of last year?

[User] Yes, sometimes back I do not remember when exactly but it was very dry

[Assistant] It was after you got married?


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[User] Yes, last year was bad because of severe drought.

[Assistant] Have you ever experience severe drought like the one of last year?

[User] Yes, sometimes back I do not remember when exactly but it was very dry

[Assistant] It was after you got married?

[User] Yes I was breastfeeding my fourth born child.

[Assistant] So it was long time ago?


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[User] Yes, sometimes back I do not remember when exactly but it was very dry

[Assistant] It was after you got married?

[User] Yes I was breastfeeding my fourth born child.

[Assistant] So it was long time ago?

[User] Yes, even last year was very bad.

[Assistant] But when I came it was rainy season.


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[User] Yes I was breastfeeding my fourth born child.

[Assistant] So it was long time ago?

[User] Yes, even last year was very bad.

[Assistant] But when I came it was rainy season.

[User] Ohh yes, when you came it was raining.

[Assistant] And how did you overcome the situation?


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[User] Yes, even last year was very bad.

[Assistant] But when I came it was rainy season.

[User] Ohh yes, when you came it was raining.

[Assistant] And how did you overcome the situation?

[User] We lived an easy life.

[Assistant] Did you sell you cows so as to buy food?


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[User] Ohh yes, when you came it was raining.

[Assistant] And how did you overcome the situation?

[User] We lived an easy life.

[Assistant] Did you sell you cows so as to buy food?

[User] Yes we sold cows: a big cow we sold at Tshs 100,000. It was bad.

[Assistant] Mhhh did you request your neighbour for food?


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[User] We lived an easy life.

[Assistant] Did you sell you cows so as to buy food?

[User] Yes we sold cows: a big cow we sold at Tshs 100,000. It was bad.

[Assistant] Mhhh did you request your neighbour for food?

[User] Yes, we used to do that.

[Assistant] And have you heard of someone die of hunger in this village?


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[User] Yes we sold cows: a big cow we sold at Tshs 100,000. It was bad.

[Assistant] Mhhh did you request your neighbour for food?

[User] Yes, we used to do that.

[Assistant] And have you heard of someone die of hunger in this village?

[User] No. people did not die of hunger.

[Assistant] What about the other time did people die of hunger?


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[User] Yes, we used to do that.

[Assistant] And have you heard of someone die of hunger in this village?

[User] No. people did not die of hunger.

[Assistant] What about the other time did people die of hunger?

[User] No, though it was a severe drought but people and cows did not die.

[Assistant] Okay Mother, Where do you get information about healthy lifestyle, nutrition and good health?


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[User] No. people did not die of hunger.

[Assistant] What about the other time did people die of hunger?

[User] No, though it was a severe drought but people and cows did not die.

[Assistant] Okay Mother, Where do you get information about healthy lifestyle, nutrition and good health?

[User] I think it was a seminar.

[Assistant] What did they tell you?


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[User] No, though it was a severe drought but people and cows did not die.

[Assistant] Okay Mother, Where do you get information about healthy lifestyle, nutrition and good health?

[User] I think it was a seminar.

[Assistant] What did they tell you?

[User] They told us to eat green vegetables, milk, fruits.

[Assistant] That is what they told you?


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[User] I think it was a seminar.

[Assistant] What did they tell you?

[User] They told us to eat green vegetables, milk, fruits.

[Assistant] That is what they told you?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] And after that did you eat what they told you?


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[User] They told us to eat green vegetables, milk, fruits.

[Assistant] That is what they told you?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] And after that did you eat what they told you?

[User] Yes but we do not get fruits frequently may be until you go along the road.

[Assistant] You mean market is along the road?


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[User] Yes.

[Assistant] And after that did you eat what they told you?

[User] Yes but we do not get fruits frequently may be until you go along the road.

[Assistant] You mean market is along the road?

[User] Eeeeh Kololo market.

[Assistant] If someone wants to come and teach you about nutrition and healthy lifestyle do you want?


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[User] Yes but we do not get fruits frequently may be until you go along the road.

[Assistant] You mean market is along the road?

[User] Eeeeh Kololo market.

[Assistant] If someone wants to come and teach you about nutrition and healthy lifestyle do you want?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] So how can we reach all of you?


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[User] Eeeeh Kololo market.

[Assistant] If someone wants to come and teach you about nutrition and healthy lifestyle do you want?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] So how can we reach all of you?

[User] Through the word of mouth, you tell a friend to tell a friend that on this particular day we will have a seminar on A, B, C.

[Assistant] Do you think churches and schools will spread the information?


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[User] Yes.

[Assistant] So how can we reach all of you?

[User] Through the word of mouth, you tell a friend to tell a friend that on this particular day we will have a seminar on A, B, C.

[Assistant] Do you think churches and schools will spread the information?

[User] Yes Church is a good media of information because people from different location will get information and they will tell their neighbour that on that day we will have a seminar or meeting so information will spread very fast.

[Assistant] Who do you think deserve to get that knowledge is it the father or mother or children?


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[User] Through the word of mouth, you tell a friend to tell a friend that on this particular day we will have a seminar on A, B, C.

[Assistant] Do you think churches and schools will spread the information?

[User] Yes Church is a good media of information because people from different location will get information and they will tell their neighbour that on that day we will have a seminar or meeting so information will spread very fast.

[Assistant] Who do you think deserve to get that knowledge is it the father or mother or children?

[User] May be mother and father.

[Assistant] Thank you very much Mother we have come to the end of our interview may be if you have question you may ask.


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[User] They are all fine.

[Assistant] Mama I would like to know how old you are.

[User] I am thirty seven years old.

[Assistant] Thirty seven?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] If you can remember the time you were young your parents told you were born during which time of the year or was there any major event which remind them of your birth?


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[User] Yes.

[Assistant] If you can remember the time you were young your parents told you were born during which time of the year or was there any major event which remind them of your birth?

[User] None.

[Assistant] None?

[User] Nothing major happened.

[Assistant] And where were you born and raised?


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[User] None.

[Assistant] None?

[User] Nothing major happened.

[Assistant] And where were you born and raised?

[User] I was born and raised in Makanya.

[Assistant] You were born in Makanya?


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[User] Nothing major happened.

[Assistant] And where were you born and raised?

[User] I was born and raised in Makanya.

[Assistant] You were born in Makanya?

[User] Let us say Same, Makanya.

[Assistant] Same is in which region?


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[User] Let us say Same, Makanya.

[Assistant] Same is in which region?

[User] It is in Kilimanjaro region.

[Assistant] Kilimanjaro?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] Mama, Can you remember the family structure by the time you were staying with your parents, how was it? I mean were you living with father, mother and your siblings in the same place or were you living with your father, mother, your siblings and other relatives?


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[User] It is in Kilimanjaro region.

[Assistant] Kilimanjaro?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] Mama, Can you remember the family structure by the time you were staying with your parents, how was it? I mean were you living with father, mother and your siblings in the same place or were you living with your father, mother, your siblings and other relatives?

[User] I was born and raised in a village called Chankoko, where our grandfather Mzee K used to live so we have been living there as one big family of Mzee Ki together with my father, my father's elder brother, my father's younger brothers and their children, we have stayed as a family and that is how we grew up.

[Assistant] Aahh...so you were living with your siblings?


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[User] Yes.

[Assistant] Mama, Can you remember the family structure by the time you were staying with your parents, how was it? I mean were you living with father, mother and your siblings in the same place or were you living with your father, mother, your siblings and other relatives?

[User] I was born and raised in a village called Chankoko, where our grandfather Mzee K used to live so we have been living there as one big family of Mzee Ki together with my father, my father's elder brother, my father's younger brothers and their children, we have stayed as a family and that is how we grew up.

[Assistant] Aahh...so you were living with your siblings?

[User] Eehh... with my other sibling and other relatives.

[Assistant] You were living in the same homestead?


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[User] I was born and raised in a village called Chankoko, where our grandfather Mzee K used to live so we have been living there as one big family of Mzee Ki together with my father, my father's elder brother, my father's younger brothers and their children, we have stayed as a family and that is how we grew up.

[Assistant] Aahh...so you were living with your siblings?

[User] Eehh... with my other sibling and other relatives.

[Assistant] You were living in the same homestead?

[User] Eehh....in the same homestead.

[Assistant] Mama, are you able to tell me other economic activities which were carried out in your family to earn income?


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[User] Eehh....in the same homestead.

[Assistant] Mama, are you able to tell me other economic activities which were carried out in your family to earn income?

[User] It is agriculture and livestock rearing.

[Assistant] Farming?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] What were the major roles and responsibilities of men in your family?


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[User] It is agriculture and livestock rearing.

[Assistant] Farming?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] What were the major roles and responsibilities of men in your family?

[User] Men's responsibilities?

[Assistant] Eehh their responsibilities in the family?


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[User] Yes.

[Assistant] What were the major roles and responsibilities of men in your family?

[User] Men's responsibilities?

[Assistant] Eehh their responsibilities in the family?

[User] Their work was to look after the cattle, knowing how the cattle will be taken care off, supervising the farms that is their responsibility, and also providing food for their family that is the men's responsibilities.

[Assistant] Okay what about on the women's side, which were their roles and responsibilities?


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[User] Men's responsibilities?

[Assistant] Eehh their responsibilities in the family?

[User] Their work was to look after the cattle, knowing how the cattle will be taken care off, supervising the farms that is their responsibility, and also providing food for their family that is the men's responsibilities.

[Assistant] Okay what about on the women's side, which were their roles and responsibilities?

[User] The women's responsibilities were like milking the cows, selling the milk and also going to the farm. You go to the farm probably when there is weeding you go to weed if the father says we go to this direction we go.

[Assistant] And what about the teenager girls what were their duties? For example you and your sisters when you were young?


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[User] Their work was to look after the cattle, knowing how the cattle will be taken care off, supervising the farms that is their responsibility, and also providing food for their family that is the men's responsibilities.

[Assistant] Okay what about on the women's side, which were their roles and responsibilities?

[User] The women's responsibilities were like milking the cows, selling the milk and also going to the farm. You go to the farm probably when there is weeding you go to weed if the father says we go to this direction we go.

[Assistant] And what about the teenager girls what were their duties? For example you and your sisters when you were young?

[User] They were milking cows and also going to the farm to weed.

[Assistant] What about sweeping the ground and cleaning the house?


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[User] The women's responsibilities were like milking the cows, selling the milk and also going to the farm. You go to the farm probably when there is weeding you go to weed if the father says we go to this direction we go.

[Assistant] And what about the teenager girls what were their duties? For example you and your sisters when you were young?

[User] They were milking cows and also going to the farm to weed.

[Assistant] What about sweeping the ground and cleaning the house?

[User] Sweeping, fetching water, cooking that was the girls' responsibilities.

[Assistant] And on the side of the boy child, which were the boy child's responsibilities?


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[User] They were milking cows and also going to the farm to weed.

[Assistant] What about sweeping the ground and cleaning the house?

[User] Sweeping, fetching water, cooking that was the girls' responsibilities.

[Assistant] And on the side of the boy child, which were the boy child's responsibilities?

[User] The boy child's responsibilities is looking after the cows, goats and sheep in case there those which have given birth, probably a goats have given birth or a sheep have given birth...then their duties is take the young ones and help them feed or take them to their mothers to breastfeed until the time to go to the pastures.

[Assistant] In your family how many of you were educated and at what level?


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[User] The boy child's responsibilities is looking after the cows, goats and sheep in case there those which have given birth, probably a goats have given birth or a sheep have given birth...then their duties is take the young ones and help them feed or take them to their mothers to breastfeed until the time to go to the pastures.

[Assistant] In your family how many of you were educated and at what level?

[User] In a family of Mzee K. only two children went up to high school.

[Assistant] Which level?

[User] One in form four and another one form five.

[Assistant] So in your family only two of them reached form four?


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[User] In a family of Mzee K. only two children went up to high school.

[Assistant] Which level?

[User] One in form four and another one form five.

[Assistant] So in your family only two of them reached form four?

[User] Yes, the rest of us went up to class seven.

[Assistant] In your family?


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[User] One in form four and another one form five.

[Assistant] So in your family only two of them reached form four?

[User] Yes, the rest of us went up to class seven.

[Assistant] In your family?

[User] Eehh, our family.

[Assistant] How many were you in your family?


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[User] Eehh, our family.

[Assistant] How many were you in your family?

[User] We were eight children.

[Assistant] Eight children?

[User] Eehh...

[Assistant] You have told me one reached form four and the other one form five.


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[User] We were eight children.

[Assistant] Eight children?

[User] Eehh...

[Assistant] You have told me one reached form four and the other one form five.

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] What about the remaining six?


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[User] Eehh...

[Assistant] You have told me one reached form four and the other one form five.

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] What about the remaining six?

[User] Eeeh.

[Assistant] The remaining six how far did they reach?


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[User] Yes.

[Assistant] What about the remaining six?

[User] Eeeh.

[Assistant] The remaining six how far did they reach?

[User] Those six, some married like myself.

[Assistant] I mean their education?


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[User] Those six, some married like myself.

[Assistant] I mean their education?

[User] It is up to standard seven.

[Assistant] Standard seven?

[User] Yes, the rest of us went up to class seven, except one who reached form two.

[Assistant] Mama, I would like to know you are eating system in your family?


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[User] It is up to standard seven.

[Assistant] Standard seven?

[User] Yes, the rest of us went up to class seven, except one who reached form two.

[Assistant] Mama, I would like to know you are eating system in your family?

[User] You mean how we eat now in my family or how we used to eat when I was in my father’s house?

[Assistant] I mean how you were eating in the past when you were living with your parents?


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[User] Yes, the rest of us went up to class seven, except one who reached form two.

[Assistant] Mama, I would like to know you are eating system in your family?

[User] You mean how we eat now in my family or how we used to eat when I was in my father’s house?

[Assistant] I mean how you were eating in the past when you were living with your parents?

[User] When we wake up in the morning we clean the house and then we fetch water then after that we cook let say 2 to 3 kilograms of rice and have them with tea or we cook porridge for the entire family, this was because we were brought up in a family whereby if you cook food for example in that house and this one you cook and after cooking you all come up together and eat as one family of Mzee K. we used to eat together that is how I was raised.

[Assistant] So how many families were there?


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[User] You mean how we eat now in my family or how we used to eat when I was in my father’s house?

[Assistant] I mean how you were eating in the past when you were living with your parents?

[User] When we wake up in the morning we clean the house and then we fetch water then after that we cook let say 2 to 3 kilograms of rice and have them with tea or we cook porridge for the entire family, this was because we were brought up in a family whereby if you cook food for example in that house and this one you cook and after cooking you all come up together and eat as one family of Mzee K. we used to eat together that is how I was raised.

[Assistant] So how many families were there?

[User] There were five families, my father and four uncles.

[Assistant] Which types of food did you mostly eat meaning you used to eat on daily basis?


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[User] When we wake up in the morning we clean the house and then we fetch water then after that we cook let say 2 to 3 kilograms of rice and have them with tea or we cook porridge for the entire family, this was because we were brought up in a family whereby if you cook food for example in that house and this one you cook and after cooking you all come up together and eat as one family of Mzee K. we used to eat together that is how I was raised.

[Assistant] So how many families were there?

[User] There were five families, my father and four uncles.

[Assistant] Which types of food did you mostly eat meaning you used to eat on daily basis?

[User] we used to eat plantains, we used to eat ugali, and we used to take porridge and also sweet potatoes because we were growing them.

[Assistant] Which types of food did you least eaten?


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[User] There were five families, my father and four uncles.

[Assistant] Which types of food did you mostly eat meaning you used to eat on daily basis?

[User] we used to eat plantains, we used to eat ugali, and we used to take porridge and also sweet potatoes because we were growing them.

[Assistant] Which types of food did you least eaten?

[User] It is like rice, we used to eat rice once in a while because in Same we do not grow rice.

[Assistant] Okay. Like how many times?


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[User] we used to eat plantains, we used to eat ugali, and we used to take porridge and also sweet potatoes because we were growing them.

[Assistant] Which types of food did you least eaten?

[User] It is like rice, we used to eat rice once in a while because in Same we do not grow rice.

[Assistant] Okay. Like how many times?

[User] Once in a month because we used to buy them we never grow rice.

[Assistant] It is okay...which type of food was eaten by different people in your house meaning it was eaten by the mothers or children and if it is cooked it is only those people who eat it the other people are not allowed to eat it?


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[User] It is like rice, we used to eat rice once in a while because in Same we do not grow rice.

[Assistant] Okay. Like how many times?

[User] Once in a month because we used to buy them we never grow rice.

[Assistant] It is okay...which type of food was eaten by different people in your house meaning it was eaten by the mothers or children and if it is cooked it is only those people who eat it the other people are not allowed to eat it?

[User] Not at all. Our children would eat what we have cooked.

[Assistant] Did the young children eat the same food?


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[User] Once in a month because we used to buy them we never grow rice.

[Assistant] It is okay...which type of food was eaten by different people in your house meaning it was eaten by the mothers or children and if it is cooked it is only those people who eat it the other people are not allowed to eat it?

[User] Not at all. Our children would eat what we have cooked.

[Assistant] Did the young children eat the same food?

[User] They will eat and take porridge, we cook for them broken rice and they have their own special porridge which is nutritious.

[Assistant] What is mixed up in their food?


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[User] Not at all. Our children would eat what we have cooked.

[Assistant] Did the young children eat the same food?

[User] They will eat and take porridge, we cook for them broken rice and they have their own special porridge which is nutritious.

[Assistant] What is mixed up in their food?

[User] Their porridge consists of finger millet, groundnuts, rice, sardines, and maize we mix in the same place then it is grinded to make flour, you cook that porridge and when its ready you mix it with milk then let it boil properly then serve, that was the child's porridge.

[Assistant] And what is the quantity you prepare and for how long the child will take it?


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[User] Their porridge consists of finger millet, groundnuts, rice, sardines, and maize we mix in the same place then it is grinded to make flour, you cook that porridge and when its ready you mix it with milk then let it boil properly then serve, that was the child's porridge.

[Assistant] And what is the quantity you prepare and for how long the child will take it?

[User] That child.

[Assistant] Mmhh...

[User] It could be taken for three times a day, it is three times because he would eat, take porridge and also take milk. You cook the porridge and put it in a flask and you give the child in the morning, during the day and in the evening. In the other hours, you give the child milk and breastfeed him.

[Assistant] If you prepare the flour, for how many weeks do you use it before its complete?


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[User] That child.

[Assistant] Mmhh...

[User] It could be taken for three times a day, it is three times because he would eat, take porridge and also take milk. You cook the porridge and put it in a flask and you give the child in the morning, during the day and in the evening. In the other hours, you give the child milk and breastfeed him.

[Assistant] If you prepare the flour, for how many weeks do you use it before its complete?

[User] It is like only one week because we were staying far from the milling machine so we could grind flour for only one week and not less than that.

[Assistant] Were you using fresh milk or which one did you use to prepare porridge?


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[User] It could be taken for three times a day, it is three times because he would eat, take porridge and also take milk. You cook the porridge and put it in a flask and you give the child in the morning, during the day and in the evening. In the other hours, you give the child milk and breastfeed him.

[Assistant] If you prepare the flour, for how many weeks do you use it before its complete?

[User] It is like only one week because we were staying far from the milling machine so we could grind flour for only one week and not less than that.

[Assistant] Were you using fresh milk or which one did you use to prepare porridge?

[User] We used fresh milk.

[Assistant] You have told me that when you were growing there are other foods you were buying?


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[User] It is like only one week because we were staying far from the milling machine so we could grind flour for only one week and not less than that.

[Assistant] Were you using fresh milk or which one did you use to prepare porridge?

[User] We used fresh milk.

[Assistant] You have told me that when you were growing there are other foods you were buying?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] I would like to know types of food you used to grow?


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[User] We used fresh milk.

[Assistant] You have told me that when you were growing there are other foods you were buying?

[User] Yes.

[Assistant] I would like to know types of food you used to grow?

[User] We were growing groundnuts, maize, beans, cowpeas sorghum and also wheat we were consuming what we were growing ourselves.

[Assistant] Which types of food did you buy in the market for consumption in your household?


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[User] Yes.

[Assistant] I would like to know types of food you used to grow?

[User] We were growing groundnuts, maize, beans, cowpeas sorghum and also wheat we were consuming what we were growing ourselves.

[Assistant] Which types of food did you buy in the market for consumption in your household?

[User] Banana, rice and spices .We were buying those ones.

[Assistant] What do you mean when you say spices?


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[User] We were growing groundnuts, maize, beans, cowpeas sorghum and also wheat we were consuming what we were growing ourselves.

[Assistant] Which types of food did you buy in the market for consumption in your household?

[User] Banana, rice and spices .We were buying those ones.

[Assistant] What do you mean when you say spices?

[User] These are things like onions, garlic ginger and spices for use in the preparation of tea.

[Assistant] What are these spices?


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[User] Banana, rice and spices .We were buying those ones.

[Assistant] What do you mean when you say spices?

[User] These are things like onions, garlic ginger and spices for use in the preparation of tea.

[Assistant] What are these spices?

[User] Cinnamon, ginger and other spices i have forgotten the name but we were buying them.

[Assistant] Okay mum, and which types of foods were you gathering from the forest for consumption at home?


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[User] These are things like onions, garlic ginger and spices for use in the preparation of tea.

[Assistant] What are these spices?

[User] Cinnamon, ginger and other spices i have forgotten the name but we were buying them.

[Assistant] Okay mum, and which types of foods were you gathering from the forest for consumption at home?

[User] There were wild fruits in the forest we used to harvest them and bring them home and eat, they were very sweet fruits.

[Assistant] What is their name?


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[User] Cinnamon, ginger and other spices i have forgotten the name but we were buying them.

[Assistant] Okay mum, and which types of foods were you gathering from the forest for consumption at home?

[User] There were wild fruits in the forest we used to harvest them and bring them home and eat, they were very sweet fruits.

[Assistant] What is their name?

[User] I do not know if you will understand.

[Assistant] Just tell me in any language.


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[User] There were wild fruits in the forest we used to harvest them and bring them home and eat, they were very sweet fruits.

[Assistant] What is their name?

[User] I do not know if you will understand.

[Assistant] Just tell me in any language.

[User] Okay, These are fruits we get from the trees we use to brush teeth.

[Assistant] Mmhh...how are they called?


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[User] I do not know if you will understand.

[Assistant] Just tell me in any language.

[User] Okay, These are fruits we get from the trees we use to brush teeth.

[Assistant] Mmhh...how are they called?

[User] They are called Mkayo.

[Assistant] Mkayo and what else?


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[User] Makwanju (tamarind) and also Ngarito.

[Assistant] Ngarito?

[User] Mmm...we were harvesting them and eating them at home.

[Assistant] Mmhh...

[User] Even if we did not have food after eating those fruits we were satisfied.

[Assistant] You mean ngarito.


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[User] Mmm...we were harvesting them and eating them at home.

[Assistant] Mmhh...

[User] Even if we did not have food after eating those fruits we were satisfied.

[Assistant] You mean ngarito.

[User] Yes they were very nice.

[Assistant] okay...when you were young I would like to know what you engaged yourself in, who used to make decision after cultivating, may be who would say you sell this food, keep it for our consumption at home or we use it for barter trade with other food?


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[User] Yes they were very nice.

[Assistant] okay...when you were young I would like to know what you engaged yourself in, who used to make decision after cultivating, may be who would say you sell this food, keep it for our consumption at home or we use it for barter trade with other food?

[User] It is father.

[Assistant] The father?

[User] Eehh...The father will take the initiative together with the mother because the father would say we keep the food in this way if it is selling we sell it to construct a house or we buy a goat, father and mother will agree together.

[Assistant] Okay, and who was making the final decision?


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[User] It is father.

[Assistant] The father?

[User] Eehh...The father will take the initiative together with the mother because the father would say we keep the food in this way if it is selling we sell it to construct a house or we buy a goat, father and mother will agree together.

[Assistant] Okay, and who was making the final decision?

[User] The father is the one who made the final decisions; our mother was mostly concerned with activities in the kitchen.

[Assistant] And who had the duty and responsibility of buying food in the market in your family?