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Street foods were sampled from 12 vending sites around construction si
tes and industrial areas in Nairobi. The foods were analyzed for proxi
mate composition and assessed for their contribution to energy and pro
tein RDAs to the manual workers. It was established that the foods wer
e sold mainly as meals which could be described as githeri-based, ugal
i-based or rice-based and that the main side dishes were matumbo, bean
stew, greengram stew, potato/beef stew and stewed vegetables. The mea
ls were of diverse energy contents and provided energy RDAs between 16
.8-36.7% for age group 18-30 years and 17.8-38.3% for age group 30-60
years. Except for chapati+ stewed vegetables all the meals provided mo
re than 50% protein RDA to all consumers.