A Kenyan boy is among this year’s recipient of state commendations for his invention of a hand-washing machine.
Stephen Wamukota, 9, used wood to suspend a can of water and create a pedal to be used to dispense water and soap and avoid contact.
Wamukota has told his mother that the available hand-washing facilities in his hometown in western Kenya were exposing people to coronavirus through contact.
His father, who is a carpenter, helped him build his hand-washing machine.
Wamukota is among 68 people who were recognised for steering the country through the coronavirus pandemic. They were conferred with the inaugural Presidential Uzalendo (Patriotism) Award.
