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...
By Dennis Itumbi [Facebook] THE ACTION BY THE PRESIDENT The President has appointed acting Cabinet Secretaries in their place as follows: Mr. Felix Koskei, Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock Development. The President has instructed Mr. Adan Mohamed to act in his place. Eng. Michael Kamau, Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport. The President has instructed Mr. James Macharia to act in his place. Mr. Davis Chirchir, Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum. The President has instructed Mr. Henry Rotich to act in his place. Mr. Samuel Kazungu Kambi, Cabinet Secretary for Labour. The President has instructed Ambassador Rachel Omamo to act in his place. The following Senior Officers and Principal Secretaries have also informed the President that they have complied with his directive: Mr. Francis Kimemia, Secretary to the Cabinet. Mr. Mutea Iringo, Principal Secretary for Defence. Mr. Nduva Muli, Principal Secretary State Department of Transport. Mr. Patrick Omutia, Principal Secretary for Mining. Mr. James Teko, Principal Secretary State Department of Water. Ms. Marianne Kittany, Chief of Staff in the Office of the Deputy President. Ms. Esther Koimet, the Investment Secretary, National Treasury. Ambassador Jane Waikenda, Deputy Head of Mission, Kenya Embassy South Africa. STATE CORPORATIONS Mr. Patrick Osero, Chairman Agricultural Finance Corporation Dr. Silas Simiyu, Managing Director, Geothermal Development Company Mr. Francis Oyatsi, Managing Director Nzoia Sugar Company Mr. Richard Langat, Managing Trustee NSSF Mr. Evans Ngibuini, Acting Chief Executive, National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation Mr. Alex Kabuga, Chief Executive, Kentrade Ms. Lucy Mbugua, Managing Director, Kenya Airports Authority Mr. Charles Tonui, Managing Director, Kenya Pipeline Corporation Mr. Allan Chenane, Chief Executive, Tourism Fund/Catering Levy Trustee
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