Yusuf Maleli, VoicesofAfrica mobile reporter in Mombasa, Kenya
With the changing lifestyle in modern-day Kenya, some traditions and taboos are being dismissed. One of these is the weaving of mats and other commodities, an activity that has been reserved to women for ages.
‘We sleep on these mats because it is our tradition. When one dies we lay the mats in the coffins before the person can be buried, Mr. Pola Kombe, of the village of Baingala in the costal district of Mombasa says.
Another resident, Mr. David Chaka, adds that men have engaged into that trade to assist their wives and thereby generate more income.
