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Six million Kenyans do not use toilets

Amon Katungulu by Amon Katungulu
September 16, 2018
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Six million Kenyans do not use toilets

Kenya lags behind her neighbours in the number of people defecating in the open, with 5.6 million people not using toilets, according to a Unicef report.

This figure is 12 per cent of the total population. Uganda comes a close second with 11 per cent while Tanzania has done better with only 6 per cent incidence.

The report names 26 ‘high burden’ countries, those that have more than five million people defecating in the open or more than 50 per cent of the population.

United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) expert Andrew Trevett said open defecation was of particular concern to the fund because germs that cause diarrhoea, cholera and also worm infection are spread this way.

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“Diarrhoea is the second greatest cause of death in children,” said Trevett. “When children get diarrhoea or worms, they become malnourished.

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According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), most open defecation takes place among the rural population.

This stands at 15 per cent, compared to three per cent for the urban population. In rural areas, these people defecate in the bushes, while in urban areas, open defecation is a burden in the slums.

“Due to inadequate toilets or because it is dangerous to go to the toilet at night, people poop in a bag and then throw out the bag in the open, which is ‘flying the toilet’,” said Andrew Trevett.

This is a big problem, because at least 29.9 per cent of children aged below five have moderately stunted growth, with another 13 per cent underweight because they do not get sufficient nutrients for optimal physical and mental development, according to the Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey for 2015/16.

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