"I now have two machines and I want to make more." Meet Stephen Wamukota, a nine-year-old boy from Kenya who invented the wooden hand-washing machine that uses foot pedals to avoid touching surfaces and curb the spread of coronavirus. One foot tips a bucket of water, and the other foot tips a liquid soap bottle. Stephen came up with the idea after learning on TV about ways to prevent catching the virus. Not much later, his father found him taking action. "I had bought some pieces of wood to make a window frame, but I when I came back home after work one day, I found that Stephen had made the machine," Mr. Wamukota told the BBC. "The concept was his and I helped tighten the machine. I'm very proud," he said. He posted his son's invention on Facebook and was surprised how quickly it was shared, he said. Stephen was among 68 Kenyans given the Presidential Order of Service, Uzalendo (Patriotic) Award on Monday. Stephen said that he wants to be an engineer when he grows up and the county government has promised to give him a scholarship, Mr. Wamukota said.