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Shame as residents use 'bush toilets' in Kakamega

A report by the Lugari Public Health department has revealed that 21 per cent of residents do not have pit latrines.

Speaking in Lumakanda on Wednesday, Lugari Sub-County Public Health Officer Moses Sego observed that the residents, who are compelled to relieve themselves in open fields, are vulnerable to cholera outbreaks and other infectious diseases.

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