Homa bay County should stop open defecation


Homa bay County should stop open defecation

At least three people in 10 people in homabay county do not use latrine. A study done some years ago revealed that lack of toilets contribute to lagging behind in development of a place. Access to safe human waste disposal methods is crucial for the health and wellbeing of a community. Lack of access to safe human waste disposal facilities leads to higher costs to the community through pollution of rivers, groundwater and higher incidence of air and water borne diseases. Other costs include reduced incomes as a result of disease and lower educational outcomes. According to the World Health Organisation, about 13 per cent of Kenyans do not have toilets, and go to the bush for long calls.
Seventeen million Kenyans do not even have access to clean water, meaning they do not wash hands after going to the bush. This is very bad indeed.Years back in my home county l recall an open ground which was used by the community to defecate.But with the changing times and population growth,all that has changed now.A study done in suba  North sub-county shows that locals risk waterborne diseases due to lack of proper human waste disposal. 35% defecate in beaches, bushes or on the roadside.Locals fear building toilets because of poor soil structure.Every Kenyan spends at least Sh1,200 of their hard-earned money every year on ailments related to poor sanitation, translating to a total of Sh57.4 billion, a new report has revealed.The study by Japanese sanitation firm LIXIL Group Corporation says soaring costs of keeping clean and healthy could be preventing developing countries like Kenya from channelling their monies to development projects. The document titled ‘The True Cost of Poor Sanitation’ was compiled by Oxford Economics to determine the link between cost of sanitation and the factors behind it in 110 countries around the world. Diarrhea, a disease often associated with poor sanitary conditions, and respiratory infections resulting from poor hygiene, kill about 400,000 children under the age of five annually. Bacteria and worms in feces are often accidentally ingested. These  deaths are largely preventable with improvements in water, sanitation and hygiene.  The provision of water and toilets are verifiable measures in fighting poverty and diseases. Let the National as well as the county government help residents build better toilets or come up with toilet designs which cannot collapse as a result of the soil structure. Lack of toilets can cause water borne diseases like cholera,dysentery etc and animals can be effected by foot and mouth diseases if they eat human faeces. National as well as County governments should invest more in the provision of water and public toilets, and create awareness on the dangers of open defecation and also advocate for the building of shared community toilets as a solution to the problem. Sanitation is a vital tool for improving the lives of millions of the poorest people.Sustainable Development Goals have recommended  a target of achieving adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and ending open defecation by 2030.
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Veronica onjoro
Mombasa

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