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How cholera and diarrhoea cases spiked in Kitui over fear of snakes

Modern toilet built by Artisan Sylvester Mutemi at Kyaimu village, Kitui East Sub-county. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

It was not uncommon for a father, mother, and their children to go for long calls in the bushes near their houses in villages of Kitui County. 

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