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Ministry alarmed by ‘long calls’ along highways, to build toilets along Nairobi-Nakuru highway

Nakuru County director of health Dr Benedict Osore with county public health officer Samuel King’ori and USAids Wash plus project manager Evelyn Makena examine some chairs used for defecation for the disabled at Longonot village in Naivasha. He said that around 300 of the 1,949 villages in the county had been declared open defecation free.  [PHOTO: ANTONY GITONGA/STANDARD]

NAKURU COUNTY: The ministry of health has expressed its concern over the high number of people who defecate in the open mainly along the main highways in the country.

Following the revelation, Nakuru County has announced plans in major centres along the Nairobi-Nakuru and Naivasha-Mai Mahiu road to construct public toilets.

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