Spousal Violence Against Men Causes Jiggers . . . Wait, What?

When reading Kenyan newspapers, you will sometimes come across articles that really make you laugh.  Case and point, the May 2nd issue of the "Daily Nation", one of the more reputable newspapers in Kenya, published an article entitled "Study ties jigger menace to battery."

Jiggers in the feet of one of the Agape boys.

 
Now, jiggers are definitely a menace in Kenya.  I wrote a blog post back in July of last year (http://theagapepages.blogspot.com/2012/07/jiggers-warning-this-is-gross.html) detailing the nasty business of jiggers, small fleas that lay eggs under the skin.  But do men whose wives beat them run a greater risk of getting jiggers?  You decide:

(Click the photo to enlarge the article.)

My conclusion:  A single Kenyan man (or a man whose wife has abandoned him) has a greater chance of getting jiggers because most Kenyan men will not involve themselves in domestic cleaning.  People get jiggers because they don't sweep the floors of their homes regularly. 

Ahadi Kenya, "The Anti-Jigger Campaign," gave the above-pictured victim of jiggers and spousal abuse a chain saw as a symbolic gesture of empowering men to overcome domestic violence and jiggers.  I hope he puts that chainsaw to good use in sweeping his home.