Good people; I need help in getting rid of cockroaches from my house. I have tried all the sprays in the market (Doom,Raid,etc) and none work. I have called in a fumigator and had to remove all utensils fro the house before he started work on the roaches to re-appear the following day!

There used to be a very effective spray called 'Empire' a few years ago,but it disappeared...I was told that it was removed for safety reasons.

Does anyone have a solution?

mix soda bicarbonate,wheat flour and a bit of sugar and paka the mix on the nooks and corners where they are likely to pass - you can also place the stuff on flat containers in areas the creatures are likely to pass. within a few days they will be all over the place - dead!

Try dudu dust,any chemist. U cnt b sirius using sprays,thoz thngs r the least effective bana.

Truest proverb: Mwenda pole hajikwai

In this hard economic tyms,my friend just heat up your frying pan and on your knees there you go....gather as many as you can and get 'monosaccharide-protein' for free.Croaches are a delicacy in Madascar by the way.All the best in your munching...!


I wonder what part of brain some people use.

Roaches are probably the most unrelenting pests you can ever fight! I had a similar prob a while back and I can assure you sprays cannot completely get rid of them. What of the hidden unhatched eggs?

You need to get some roach powder of some sort,like the ones you sometimes see being hawked like 'Dawa ya mede!!!' on street corners,Hehe. I used the doom powder. Leave the powder in nooks,cracks and corners and try not to wash it off for a couple of days. Those buggers will be complete history

@ Wendz and Mukiha

Last time i used diazinon is like one year ago...no recurrence yet.

But normally i will empty the house off the kids on a friday (send to a relative),
then the kichen,
mix two bottles of diazinon with half a bucket of water,
then spray around all corners,in the cabinets etc kabisa,and leave overnight!
Make sure you go out and come back very late with your partner coz the smell is terrible!
Next morning,get paid labour,then together with your partner,thoroughly clean off the kitchen!
NOTE,You need lots of water and time!
More Viceroy in the afternoon..........

@ Mrefu
Am looking for local - kienyeji - kukus (Not broilers) to buy and rear....



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get a cat if you love pets. you will never have any insect/rodent issues,the moggy will gobble them like njugu karanga!

such threads make the ticker above almost bearable. good for a boring day @ the office

we are like a mamas group with free advice on everything. keep it up :)

impunity,things are not yet that elephant ...

Mukiha,try Cockrakil - you shld be able able to get it at nakumatt - this is good stuff and works to kill infestations in the whole cycle - eggs,etc it takes abt a week to start seeing results and after that you notice the population declining - all it takes is about an hour to spread the paste in suggested areas (away from kids - behind cupboards,under sinks,damp inaccessible areas,etc). You need to have all sources of water covered. Its a paste and one application will do the trick (until a neighbour moves in with HIS set of cockroaches). I can bet my right arm on it. Its in a small tub (like a small 100 g blueband thing)

The problem with equality is that we desire that it be with those that have more than us rather that those that have less

@Petro - its cockrakil - see my pest...er paste...I mean,post below

The problem with equality is that we desire that it be with those that have more than us rather that those that have less