TEA-TABLES ALSO SERVE AS ABLUTION SPOTS IN MOST HOTELS IN GAROWE

Right now, sitting at a tea-table opposite mine is a former minister of Puntland State, who is using a plastic bottle of water washing himself in preparation for Maqrib prayer in one of premium hotels in Puntland Capital City. Momentarily, I felt the temptation for advising him not to do it here. As I had a bowl of mixed fruits, I noticed that the waiter didn’t bring me napkins. Instead of waving up for a waiter to bring me some, I stood up to look for them on other tables in the hotel lobby. I located a bundle on a table in some distance. Again and surprisingly, at that table there was a young man of about 25 years of age, engaged in washing his bodies in the act of hurrying up to prayers. The practice is now a common sight in most Garowe hotels at call for prayers from numerous mosques in town, and most probably, in other establishments elsewhere in the State. Talk now about the necessary 3WWWs ( Wash your hands, Wear a mask and Watch your social distance) in this era of COVID-19.

This untraditional and unhealthy new misconduct and antisocial behavior of using hotel lobbies for washing one’s limbs has to stop immediately.

City governments in Puntland State should have a word with owners and hotel managers to curtail this bad and unhygienic practice.

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