An estimated 8pc of Kenyans still defaecate in public, shows UN report

A sign in Kanduga village, in Tharaka Nithi county warning residents against open defaecation on October 15, 2020.

Photo credit: Joseph Kanyi| Nation Media Group

The number of people still practising open defaecation in Kenya stands at eight percent despite progress made over the past decade, according to a new United Nations report.

Open defecation involves people relieving themselves in fields, street gutters, bushes, bodies of water, and other open areas.

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