This year’s theme for World Toilet Day is Toilets: A Place for Peace, an apt one when considering the state of toilets in ...

Open defecation and lack of proper sanitation remain a major problem that the county and national governments have been ...

Data from the Ministry of Health show that of the over 2,700 villages in Migori county, only 8 per cent still share the ...

During a parliamentary committee meeting on Tuesday, Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube emphasised the government’s commitment to improving school infrastructure, particularly water and ...

Every November 19, World Toilet Day, a United Nations observance campaign, encourages governments and the private sector to address the global sanitation crisis.

Rural Development Partners has urged community members in Kapatavingwe Shaba Village, Traditional Authority Mtwalo in Mzimba District to upgrade from traditional pit latrines to improved sanitary ...

In the response, Gwarube said some schools have both proper toilets and pit latrines on site. Pit latrines have been a concern as political parties and non-profit organisations continue to ...

It relates to target 6.2 of the UN’s sixth sustainable development goal: safe toilets for all by 2030. The elimination of pit toilets in public schools has been an ongoing battle. In 2013, they were ...