Blowing your nose or spitting in the streets of Kisumu may soon land you in trouble.
This is after Members of the Kisumu County Assembly (MCAs) recently passed a motion declaring nose blowing and spitting in public disgusting.
The MCAs said that a number of people have been making the town filthy with ugly and nauseating contents from their noses and mouths.
The motion will now be taken to the Kisumu Health Committee. It will later end up with the implementation committee before it becomes a by-law.
Those who will contravene the by-law may find themselves behind bars. The motion was sponsored by Central Kisumu ward MCA Judith Ogaga.
“Spitting is a nuisance and harmful to the general public due to the fact that it is a source of airborne diseases such as tuberculosis,” Ogaga was quoted by the Standard.
The MCA said that the county government had the powers to stop spitting and nose blowing in public, before it gets out of hand.
While giving his contribution, nominated MCA Aslam Khan said that people’s spit has become an eyesore and a health hazard.
“People are spitting where they are not supposed to spit and are also blowing their noses in open places and that is unacceptable,” The Standard quoted Khan.