Cholera at bay as villages in Kisumu attain Open Defecation Free certification

Pupils of Kibos Sugar Research Primary School in Achako village, Kisumu County uses a tip-tap to wash their hands after visiting the latrine. The village has been awarded certificate of Open Defecation Free area after achieving at least a latrine in each household in a bid to reduce spread of diarrhoea diseases caused by defecating in the open. PHOTO BY KEVINE OMOLLO/STANDARD

Three villages in Kisumu East Sub-County have attained Open Defecation Free (ODF) status after three years of intensified campaign against the attitude of having call of nature in the bush.

Located along the Miwani sugar belt, Achako, Radienya and Ogwedhi villages have faced perennial outbreak of cholera and other diarrhea diseases caused by unsafe disposal of human waste.