Salt the chicken pieces, and put them in a pot with the onion, garlic, bay leaf, tomatoes, palm oil and lemon juice over low heat, shaking the pot from time to time.
When the chicken starts to get tender, add the diced zucchini and eggplant, and keep cooking gently.
When the meat is almost completely tender, add the okra too, and cook until everything is soft.
For the side, bring 1 liter of water to a boil; mix half of the cornmeal with a little lukewarm water, pour it into the hot water, and thicken it, stirring constantly and adding the other half of the cornmeal gradually - this is the cornmeal porridge (funge/angu).
Serve the chicken stew with the vegetables and the cornmeal porridge.