Alarm raised over worrying state of sanitation across 47 counties

Mukuru Kwa Reuben slums in Nairobi where the walkways between the shanties are impassable due to sewage. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Officials from the Ministry of Water and Sanitation have raised a red flag over millions of Kenyans in 47 counties still practising open defecation, sparking fears of another waterborne disease outbreak.

Water and Sanitation Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Dr Andrew Tuimur said most of the 47 counties were alarmingly off-track on the delivery of safe sanitation.