Mombasa: From cool thatch to iron sheets


  1. Yusuf Maleli, VoicesofAfrica mobile alumnus in Mombasa, Kenya
    The high temperatures in the Kenyan coastal region of Mombasa has for long prompted locals to roof their houses with thatch, to keep the inside temperature low
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    They have been using special material known as makuti, but this is changing, as residents are massively turning to iron sheets for what they call 'change'