At least 5.6 million Kenyans cook their food using charcoal and of these, 15,000 die each year from smoke-related diseases, according to the Ministry of Environment.

In her tiny mud-walled home outside Nairobi, Zainaba Adhiambo shows off the ash remaining in her charcoal-burning stove called a jiko, the only appliance in the dark unventilated kitchen. Like ...

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What a way to start the year! The embers in the jiko (charcoal-burning stove) were slowly dying when police arrived at the scene where five family members were found dead on Friday evening.

Using paper towels, wipe excess chile marinade from fish. Sprinkle fish with remaining 2 teaspoons salt, rubbing into slits and cavity. Place fish in a metal grilling basket coated with oil.

Crime scene. Police are investigating an incident in which the body of a 35-year-old man was found in his house after suspected poisoning by a jiko in Karen, Nairobi.