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Don't kick out learners with jiggers, schools told

Head, Department of Public Health in the Ministry of Health Susan Mutua with AhadiTrust CEO Stanley Kamau at Kisa North ward in Kakamega County on March 3, 2023, to mark the National Jigger Awareness Day. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

School heads who have been sending away learners from classes because they are infested with jiggers have been put on notice.

Speaking yesterday at Khwisero Constituency during the International Jiggers Day, Chief Executive of Ahadi Kenya Stanley Kamau said jiggers infestation was a health condition like any other where victims especially school-going children should be assisted.

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