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‘Planting’ toilets to save lives in Kano

Tom Omullo who is fondly known as the Kano Plain's Toilet Ambassador. [PHOTO: PETER MUTAI/STANDARD]

Since time immemorial, Kano Plain in Nyando sub-county has been a flood zone whose perennial floods affect the over 800,000 people who live there.

When this happens, waste finds its way into the water and leads to outbreak of water borne diseases. It is for this reason that the region has been leading in cholera outbreaks each time it rains.

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