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...
Celebrated Ugandan human rights activist, Dr David Matsanga, on Tuesday revealed the names of 11 Kenyan betrayers who fixed President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy, William Ruto, at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Speaking to a local FM station on Tuesday morning, Matsanga opened a can of worms by revealing the infamous list which comprises of members from the civil society and prominent opposition politicians. Without fear or favour, Matsanga spilled the beans, backing his revelations with a list he saw at the ICC court headquarters at The Hague last month. According to Matsanga, these are 11 Kenyan individuals who fixed Uhuru and Ruto at the ICC. 1. Ken Wafula 2. Maina Kiai 3. Professor Makau Mutua 4. Omar Hassan 5. Atsango Chesoni 6. Gladwell Otieno 7. Ndungu Wainaina 8. Martha Karua 9.Late Mutula Kilonzo 10. Florence Jaoko. Regarding his personal fortune, Matsanga said he is worth Sh 300 million and has a house in London.
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