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...
WIN BIG CLICK HERE Recently, I spoke to form four candidates from 29 schools in Meru County. The lingering question was how they can improve their performance in the forthcoming KCSE examination, and how to prepare adequately in the remaining time. I hereby summarize my talk into 4 points. 1. Internal conviction, the first step to success in life. Whereas we like looking outwardly, the Holy Grail of our existence is looking into ourselves, our values, competences and weaknesses. In life, we have two battles, the internal battle and the external battle. We spend considerable energy fighting the external battle, but REAL success is to be found in winning the internal battle. This is the battle of conviction. We must convince ourselves that we are worthy of success. That we are capable. That there is a way out. I asked students these questions, which I would like you too to ruminate over: Do you know NOTHING? All of them resoundingly answered NO Do you know EVERYTHING? All of them a...