Kwale Deputy Governor Ms Fatuma
Achani has launched a campaign among women to fight early pregnancies in the
county through a vigorous sensitisation programme.
Ms Achani said the programme will
involve women in all the village units in Kwale County.
The Deputy Governor launched the
campaign at the Methodist Church of Kenya hall at Kinango where she hosted the
second Women Round Table workshop in Kwale County.
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Kwale Deputy Governor Fatuma Achani in Kinango Sub County. Photo: Ali Kipapuro |
The first workshop was held in Kinondo
ward, Msambweni Sub-County.
The workshop sponsored by UN Women
and the Council of Governors (COG) is a women initiative to sensitise them on
socio-economic and political opportunities for the woman in society.
"From this gathering, I want you
to go back to your respective village units, form committees and arrange
programmes where we can visit all schools and talk to the pupils," she
said.
She said teenage pregnancies had
threatened the education of the girl child necessitating immediate mitigation
measures.
"Some of the reasons for this
evil is poverty, broken families, single parenting among others. Some of our
girls lack even soap and other basics thereby becoming easy prey to men,"
she said.
She said her campaign will involve
economically empowering the parents and girls, such as providing them with life
basics.
The initiative comes amidst a
national alarm over student pregnancies as manifested during the recent KCPE
and KCSE examinations where several girls sat for their papers in maternity
wards.
The Women Round Table initiative is
being conducted by all female Deputy Governors across the country.
"When you are ready with the
committees, inform me and we shall kick off the visits immediately. I am
ready," she told the 200 women adding that village, ward and sub-county
administrators will also be involved.
She said Governor Salim Mvurya's
administration had given education first priority with Sh400 million annually
going to bursaries for national school students supporting 3,800 students, more
than 1,400 others in universities, more than 40,000 in county schools as well
as paying Sh15,000 per polytechnic student.
Source: Kwale GPS
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