Stakeholders have raised concern over the poor state of toilets in schools for the disabled people. Lilian King of the Adopt a loo program cited that in many of the schools, the disabled children were unable to use facilities as they were of poor quality. “Recently we were in Menengai where a blind student fell and she could not see what she had fallen into. She ended up covered in human waste and maggots and rubbing her eyes with faeces,” she added. King cited that schools like Ngala special needed more toilets as the number of children it handled were many. “There needs to be a special kitty to look into the building of more toilets for schools that cater for such children. Otherwise the children will continue suffering,” she added. Emily Mwangi, a volunteer from the schools cited that the children were also exposing others to great danger as they risked touching and contracting them with the dirt they encountered in the lavatories. Lakeview MCA Simon Wanango argued that such children were neglected. “If they are not well catered for they can end up contracting diseases like cholera and dysentery. The blind cannot even see where they are touching, and some end up using the same hands to eat,” he added.

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