Now how can someone who doen't even have something in his stomach think about his feet?Totally misplaced priorities!

I think its a good idea.The little feet get hurt soo much that seeing them running to school barefoot really sickens.I have personally bought two pairs of shoes for two kids in my home village.Lucy is simply asking the government to look for ways to make it easier for the kids to learn.I know most of them families can barely afford a meal but that doesnt mean they shouldn't go to school.

Guest (4), Impunity, kadonye, 'user'
is this not enough prove?

Back to the topic, I think jiggers come due to ignorance and laziness on the affected .simple hygiene can get rid of these suckers.

Do you expect the government to come and wash you?

Im talking from personal experience .In my early days of life I was once infected.I blame childhood and lack of a person to take care of me that time.
Now I am an adult , I bath daily ,sometime with cold water not to kill the passengers and I am no longer infected

@ real user..thats quite something..you can use hot water..all the passengers will disembark at the right time..as for the ndutus?? me thinks once affected,the kids sort of get mentally affected such that they are at the mercy of the jiggers..reminds me of this guy in primo those days...his feet were so chewed by the wadudus that they grew at an angle of 90 degrees..kama jembe..walking was a real pain..then the rainy season had the guy in real trouble..

People,jiggers are due to poverty!!And poverty of what, you ask...Water!!!Welcome to mashinani and you will understand why this is the case!!!Provide adequate water to all and jiggers will be history...but I forget there was a slogan 'water for all by 2000'.Just that,a slogan...And what is the current one?

The cure for jiggers is soap and water. The prevention for many ailments is hand washing as we all know.
Simple hygiene at all levels what should be taught in all schools.
Lucy is right. And now that men in centro are saving money courtesy of Mututho laws, let them buy the children shoes. Wawache maneno.

She is right. Shoes do mitigate jiggers in that mashinani soil.

Robin..a pair of shoes can cost as low as 50bob.but the kid will wear them for upto 3months.A meal of 50bob will hardly last 5 hours..If you look at the issue more rationally it makes alot of sense.

@for sport, get real brother! How much is a set of complete school uniform? Can it go for less than ksh 500? Is it not mandatory? Are u suggesting we abolish this "EXPENSIVE" requirement so that our poor rural kids can feed? Dont allow antipathy towards the 1st lady obscure rationality....

I think she is right. I think schools put too much emphasis on the 'uniform' than on pupils health. There are plastic shoes, the very brightly coloured shoes that are also very cheap and I have seen children from very poor backgrounds wearing them at home. These can save pupils these jigger troubles. But they cannot be allowed to school because of 'policy'. They do not 'match' the official uniform hence cannot be allowed. The pupil is accepted without shoes than with these type of shoes.

She has tossed the ball into minister ongeris desk, he should mull over it apart from the annual kcpe and private schools ritual.