The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is facing mounting criticism over its multi-billion-dollar sanitation initiative, Flush Flats, a towering complex of high-rise buildings in Nairobi designed to address the city’s dire lack of toilet facilities in informal settlements. Launched two years ago with a staggering $4.7 billion budget, the project has transformed the […]
Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company (NWSC) has issued a public notice asking residents of the city to refrain from pooping in the morning hours, citing severe congestion in the sewer lines. The notice, which was posted on the company’s website and social media platforms, said that the high demand for flushing toilets between 6 a.m. […]
The speaker of the National Assembly, Justin Muturi, has cautioned the Members of Parliament in Kenya against using the bathroom while in online parliamentary sessions. Following a series of small oops to the obviously embarrassing ones, the speaker said that the House was quickly losing dignity due to members using the toilet while following online […]
A silent pandemic that is robbing humanity of its productivity is the huge amount of time spent by introverts in the toilet every year. Research by the Geneva based Institute of Human Existence shows that on average, introverts spend 47 minutes in the toilet every day, translating to 11.9 days every year. This is a […]
