Women leaders forming Team Embrace, on Friday, sent a harsh warning to a section of Kilifi men who allegedly impregnate school children at an alarming rate.
The women legislators’ team formed in support of ODM leader Raila Odinga’s handshake with President Uhuru Kenyatta, told Kilifi men to buy for their wives uniforms if at all they find school-going children attractive.
We today address matters of runaway teenage preganacies in Klifi County and the rest of the counties #EmbraceInKilifi pic.twitter.com/naKJT0dTAI
— Hon Gladys Wanga (@gladyswanga) August 30, 2019
They also warned the elderly men, who were marrying teenagers, urging them to give the girl child an opportunity to grow and achieve their ambitions.
“Wazee wangonjee wasichana waive…watu hawakuli nyama mbichi. Ukitamani msichana anayevaa uniform za shule mnunulie mke wako pair moja (The elders should wait for girls to mature… people don’t eat raw meat. If you lust over a schoolgirl wearing uniform buy a pair for your wife),” Embrace stated.
Team Embrace Kenya’, an outfit geared towards healing the rift in Kenya’s political landscape, said the peace pact was the road to change that will restore Kenya on the path to development. @embrace_ke#EmbraceInKilifi pic.twitter.com/DxRuNltuZ6
— Kawangware Finest™️ (@cbs_ke) August 30, 2019
Teenage pregnancies in Kilifi County have been on an upsurge. Over 40,000 teenagers get pregnant in the county each year with most being school-going children aged 14-19, a majority being candidates.
Kilifi North leads in the cases of early pregnancies with 3,134 cases. Magarini follows with 2,861 cases.
The issue of teenage Pregnancies among school going girls, child labour and early marriages seriously affects the girl child in Kilifi, these are issues that should not be taken lightly by any concerned Kenya, that’s the key message at Kilifi town #EmbraceInKilifi pic.twitter.com/jNcQ20agWO
— Philip Nyamai (@NyamaiPhilip) August 30, 2019
Team Embrace has since called for the government’s hand to tame the increased cases of early pregnancies in the region.
The group also condemned the killing of anyone with grey hair in the region terming it an outdated practice.
On calls for a constitutional amendment, Embrace maintained its earlier stand of not supporting Punguza Mzigo sponsored by Dr Ekuru Aukot’s Thirdway Alliance.
