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Interesting things to know about the towel

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...

NOTE TO MAINA NJENGA OF MUNGIKI

The notorious genocide suspect and dictator Uhuru Kenyatta is trying to cover his tracks related to 2007/08 post election violence as his Crimes Against Humanity case approaches in October at the ICC. Needless to say, you, Maina, know too much about Uhuru and his association with Mungiki should it come to spilling the beans. You also know you can be a very valuable ICC witness and that's why you are dangerous to Uhuru. That's the MAIN reason some people want you dead. Make no mistake, I don't approve of what you did to Kenyans with Mungiki. I only want you to tell the truth about Uhuru; don't take secrets to the grave like George Saitoti, Mutula Kilonzo, or Juja MP George Thuo. These are your options: start making your coffin or run fast to the American Embassy in Nairobi and request for asylum. Your bullet proof vest may not protect you next time.BY Albert Waiganjo

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