So many hypocrites in wazua!!!

How many of us would employ a houseboy with daughters in the house? Many of us wouldn't! Isn't that a form of discimination? Who told you the houseboy would molest your kids? As a parent you think about your kids 110%. Even 5% risk is too high when your kids are involved.

Kids change people. Even the way you drive changes when your kids are on board. You don't even have to think about it. It comes naturally. You will never know the feeling until you have a kid of your own.

@Kenyalyrics - I have a daughter. I love her to bits. You try to compromise her well being and see how many laws I'll break. When you get your own, I'm sure you'll do the same. But then again there is a huge difference between a dad and a father! Tafakari hayo.

@KenyanLyrics: The househelp does not necessary have to infect the child with HIV through sexual intercourse or exchange of body/blood products. A TB infection to a 2 year old is a grave matter. Either the TB infection itself, or the 6 months regimen of anti-TBs might kill the child. A herpes zoster infection will stay with the child for life, and will leave nasty scars to show for it. The househelp prepares the family's food. The parents might be able to fight a diarrhoeal disease, the children will succumb to vomiting and diarrhoea.

@otieno: Considering you have no access to her clinical records (they remain strictly confidential), it is up to you as a parent, to decide whether to keep the househelp or not, since you cannot assess her health state yourself.

Spoken like a true parent.

Reminds me of a father somewhere in Ruiru who stood up to AK47 wielding thugs who had tried to rape his daughter infront of the whole family after breaking into their house. He told them they had to literally kill him to get to his daughter!

Some fellows here don't know what it means to be a parent! But I don't blame them. I really don't. Some of these things have to be experienced to be understood. And it is not anyone's fault that they haven't experienced them yet. Time will come.

But there is no protection needed in this case. The issue here is ignorance

If you know your facts about HIV, you will know that the chances of transmission in this scenario are close to zero, so what are you protecting them from? The 0.5% chance? This is where paranoia and stupidity comes into play. Did you also know that there is a small chance of your kid drowning in the toilet? How about you get rid of the toilets in the house?

Chances are, you spend so much time worrying about nonsense like HIV transmission via nailcutter, firing the house help for no good reason, yet there are REAL health risks, like obesity, that are probably being ignored.

@Kenya lyrics,

I pray to the almighty God to bless you with a child. That is all I have for you. When you are there, let us talk. Have happy easter!!!

@Kenyalyrics - Have a nice easter. Ni hiyo tu.

So much has been said in support of Otienosmall's actions and i also feel i would have done exactly the same way.
@ Kenyan lyrics its easier to call upon provisions of the law and justify your position. But for parents there is really no choice here. That 0.5% you talk about is not paranoia as you may like to put it.Imagine your toddler self; helpless, innocent, very active and devoid of any knowledge of the dangers of this world. When my 11month child cries at night i actually feel his pain. For us parents to knowingly take the risk (0.5%) because the law says its discrimination, let it be! Have a Blessed Easter!

That response that HIV lives outside the body for 20 minutes is not correct. HIV can be found in a blood soaked handkerchief-crusted blood even after 2 days if kept in ambient conditions. Now whether anyone can be easily infected by contact with the same is another matter altogether.

A long time back, persons with haemophilia (a clotting disorder) used to be given the missing protein component in their blood, factor 8, from extracts from other people's blood. Extracts were taken from several thousand blood donors (some infected with HIV), and were freeze-dried and stored, and then made up into a liquid again (with sterile water) for injection. Freezing or drying failed to kill the AIDS virus. Today the Factor 8 is now heat-treated for safety.

Extensive research has shown that most virus particles do become damaged after a few hours outside the body. A few may survive after 3 to 7 days in dry dust, and over two weeks in water. Although, NO person is known to have contracted AIDS from touching dried blood, my advice would be to avoid contact with both fresh and dried blood.

-Journal of the American Medical Association, 1986; Journal of Medical Virology, 1991; Patrick Dixon, The Truth about AIDS, 2004

@ KenyanLyrics, my bad...... must have been someone else!

yup. In fact I abstained for 3 months so the test results would be final