Your health is in your hands

The state of poor health and sanitation in Moi University is wanting! The rate at which the ignorance and naiveness of the students and even staff in this environment calls for immediate action. According to my research, the heath and sanitation department paints quite a sickening picture of Moi University’s public health at hand. The students residing in the hostels can attest to the pathetic poor sanitation and even those residing in nonresidential are not left out.

Let me take you through the depths of dirt contained in the university’s hostels, to be precise hostel J and C where the level of poor sanitation is taking toll. Students no longer consider their health as a priority but instead turn to be horribly uncivilized when it comes to washroom matters. Both hostels are ever terribly unclean, with toilet papers rolling on the ground, students do not flush after they are done, throwing of trashes in the toilets. Stagnant water is a norm in these washrooms the infrastructures are also not right, some toilet seats are very small, almost all doors have no locks, the washrooms cleaners often sleep in their jobs! Clearly from all this, you sure do agree that students have turned numb when it comes to checking in on health and sanitation.

Students from these hostels have severally bemoaned the alleged spread of bed burhs infestation owed to the congestion harboring dirt and the recurrent sharing of matresses. That is just but a start, the high population of cockroaches also co-habiting in the small congested rooms is wanting. It is bad enough that so many of these students are cut off from decent sanitation in school that guarantees its students social and economic rights.

. The poor bumpy and dusty roads hence air pollution, the under developed sewerage tunnels, poor housing, stagnant water everywhere. But wait, you will not believe it that despite all these exposure, there are markets and kiosks ‘vibandas’ where fresh vegetables and foods are sold to the students and community at large. There is constantly shortage of water, which makes you agree with me that a student will buy an apple from the market and deliciously throat it down without washing it. Another will buy Chips commonly known as “mwitu” cooked along the dusty roads and eat using dirty hands without thinking how it was prepared or the dust and dirt that mixed in the cooking.

The public health and sanitation department gave clear statistics of over 90% patients visiting the dispensary, bring to themselves harm willingly, with many diagnosed with waterborne diseases.

It is high time, we take action upon ourselves! How about we change how we do things; like practice proper sanitation, boil water before drinking, eat foods that have been properly washed? Let’s improve the sanitation.