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, has threatened to expel all rebel CORD members, who are working with the Jubilee administation to oppose the looming referendum Speaking during the launch of a countrywide sensitization campaign for Okoa Kenya issues at Bomas of Kenya on Thursday, Raila said all CORD members must support the referendum or be expelled from the coalition. Raila seemed to have pointed a finger at Nairobi Governor, Dr Evans Kidero, and Machakos Governor, Dr Alfred Mutua, and a number of Coast MPs, who have publicly opposed the referendum. “It is either you are with us or with the enemy,” Raila said adding that the constitution is clear on those who go against the coalition principles. “if you are not supporting the referendum then it means you are supposed to be expelled because CORD coalition is supporting the referendum,” Raila said amid cheers from thousands of MCAs and MPs who attended the function
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