Automated cleaning

I read Ruth Lubembe’s article titled, Ode to My Housekeeper, in last week’s Sunday magazine, with a lot of interest. In the article, Lubembe hilariously narrated how her household suffered when their house help was on leave. Personally, I had to take a two-week break from work when my house help was away.

I have come to the conclusion that the middle-class or “wannabe” middle-class Kenyan woman, myself included, is too dependent on the house-help. How can we become more independent and do most of the chores ourselves, or at least be able to keep our houses running smoothly with or without the house helps?