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...
Devolution has been instrumental in empowering communities to manage their affairs, advance development, protect their interests and rights of minorities, enhance participation of the people in making sound decisions as well as facilitating effective and efficient service delivery.
As the country celebrates three years of devolution, it is important to knowledge the remarkable progress the national government and county governments have made providing public service in spite of the myriad challenges in various areas.
For example, the provision of roads and infrastructure, water and sanitation, improving the role of cooperatives, agriculture, transformation of health and also in enhancing the use of education and its corresponding technology in everyday lives.
The Government may soon set up a unit at the National Treasury to manage conditional grants as the Council of Governors has requested to facilitate proper service delivery. This should encourage faster disbursement of resources to the counties which may negate the county government narrative that the National Government agencies hoard their funds to the detriment of their functions, thus undermining devolution.
For the counties to fulfill their mandate, the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRTC), which replaced the Transitional Authority, should be fully empowered to fulfill its mandate in developing various resolutions to enhance service delivery and harmony from all stakeholders.
As the national and county governments continue dispensing public service to Kenyans, every part of any governing authority should fulfill their sacrosanct duties diligently and faithfully as each arm is directly accountable to the electorate.
As the country celebrates three years of devolution, it is important to knowledge the remarkable progress the national government and county governments have made providing public service in spite of the myriad challenges in various areas.
For example, the provision of roads and infrastructure, water and sanitation, improving the role of cooperatives, agriculture, transformation of health and also in enhancing the use of education and its corresponding technology in everyday lives.
The Government may soon set up a unit at the National Treasury to manage conditional grants as the Council of Governors has requested to facilitate proper service delivery. This should encourage faster disbursement of resources to the counties which may negate the county government narrative that the National Government agencies hoard their funds to the detriment of their functions, thus undermining devolution.
For the counties to fulfill their mandate, the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRTC), which replaced the Transitional Authority, should be fully empowered to fulfill its mandate in developing various resolutions to enhance service delivery and harmony from all stakeholders.
As the national and county governments continue dispensing public service to Kenyans, every part of any governing authority should fulfill their sacrosanct duties diligently and faithfully as each arm is directly accountable to the electorate.
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