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Around 80% of people in African countries rely on traditional medicine, according to WHO .
Martin Odhiambo has studied medicinal plants for years and is sharing his knowledge with Kenyans .
He is campaigning for traditional medicine to be regulated and standardised in Kenya .
There have been problems with fraudsters and accidental contamination of products.
Herbalist Patrick Mwathi has been practising for decades , learning first -hand from his father in the 1970s .
He develops and sells herbal products locally - some of which he shares with others at the lecture.
The process required to get a product to market - including standardisation and quality control - is long.
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