Public health officials in Thika West Sub-County have raised concern over the deteriorating sanitation in the area.
The Sub-County disease surveillance officer Eston Mwaniki is concerned that the strained garbage and sewerage disposal system in Majengo area was a major cause of concern as far as enforcing health regulations was concerned.
"A survey recently carried out by my department established that a number of water wells being used by the residents were contaminated," he said.
Mwaniki said that some sampled water had E. coli bacteria. He said that even though the county health team through the water, sanitation and hygiene programme has made great strides in sensitising the local residents, a lot needs to be done to sustain a clean and healthy environment.
"The government is going to supply chlorine tablets for the treatment of the wells in order to avert any possible outbreak of waterborne diseases," he assured.
Mwaniki also said that food vendors have been cautioned to observe the best hygiene measures when preparing food while noting that some food kiosks were operating near open sewers.
He said that his officers were carrying out assessment of all eateries to ensure that they conform to public health regulations.
He was speaking on 3rd November 2015 in Majengo-Thika.