How often do you wash your towel? Some people wash once a week, while some, once a year. The towel is a fertile breeding ground for millions of microbes, especially those found on human skin and on the gut. No wonder the towel is one of the objects that facilitate fecal-oral contamination (literally connecting the two ends of the gut). Worse still, most people keep towels in the bathroom (near the toilet). Every flush of the toilet sends mist with millions of microbes, ranging from H.pylori, salmonella and other deadly bacteria and viruses. When you wash your hands ready for a meal, and dry them with your body towel, there's high chance you are directly ingesting your fecal matter, or, if in a shared lavatory, someone else's faeces. Unless cleaned well, viruses such as human papillomavirus (causes warts, anal cancer and cervical cancer) can be transmitted when towels are shared with infected individuals. So, what to do? 1. Launder towels once a week. 2. Use hot water and det...
Former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga’s constitutional adviser, Miguna Miguna, is now contemplating vying for the Nyando Parliamentary seat after the court nullified the election of area MP, Fred Outa, on Friday. According to Miguna’s close allies, the brilliant author who has penned several political conspiracy books will vie for the seat on The National Alliance (TNA) ticket. TNA is President Uhuru Kenyatta’s party and Miguna will be given a direct TNA ticket to challenge immediate former MP, Fred Outa, who will vie on an ODM ticket. With the entry of Miguna, the Nyando parliamentary by- election will rekindle the political rivalry between former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta who were the main protagonists in last year’s poll where Kenyatta won the Presidency with trickery of the highest order. Miguna Miguna is the author ofPeeling Back the Mask: a Quest for Justice in KenyaandKidneysof the King: Deforming the Status Quo.
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