Geoffrey Lugaye, an artist from Kibera, is a man of peculiar taste. He delights in a delicacy which many would consider gross.
During an interview with NTV, on Wednesday, the painter demonstrated how he catches the crawling creatures and cooks them to his liking.
Lugaye narrated that he doesn't struggle to look for them, as he lets them roam free inside his house.
"Cockroaches are survivors. If they can survive a nuclear bomb, they can also help other parts of the body survive," he claimed.
After collecting them from traps that he has laid using masking tape, he scrapes them off, onto a pan, adds cooking oil, some vegetables and a bit of lemon juice.
He then enjoys his meal with ugali to the amazement of the reporter.
Joseph is only one of more than 2 billion people in the world, who according to the UN, supplement their diet with insects.
Closer home in Kenya, insect farming has also started to take root.
Over the past five years, a joint Dutch-Kenyan-Ugandan initiative called the Flying Food project has worked to get more than 1,000 people living around Lake Victoria, to become cricket farmers or consumers.
Many insects are nutritious and a good source of protein, vitamins, minerals and healthy fats, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) notes.
The increased interest in insect-farming comes as global population growth and an expanding middle class have raised per capita meat consumption by 50 per cent over four decades, fueling fears of a protein shortage.
Watch as Geoffrey cooks and eats his delicious meal of cockroaches and ugali.
