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...
Kathuri Murungi
"A section of leaders from Meru and Tharaka- Nithi County have endorsed Deputy President William Ruto for president in 2022.
They have, however asked the DP to pick National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi as his running mate."
OPINION;
1. Meru deserves this position. We have the numbers (numbers don't lie)
2. Meru leaders (Church, elected, community etc) should consult widely and make a general consensus taking community interests at heart as the first priority
3. Meru debt should first be paid by Jubilee Government ie roads, water, stima etc before we negotiate what to do in 2022 ( # MumiruGakurira )
4. We support the Government which we overwhelmingly voted for in both 2013 and 2017. We are very loyal indeed.
Kathuri Murungi Kamashinani*
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