Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang has said that government will continue investing heavily in chaplaincy and guiding and counseling services in high schools in measure to counter-attack the growing popularity of homosexuality among teenagers.
He also noted that being a societal menace, all players including teachers, parents and guardians need to be brought on board.
He specifically pointed out on teachers who have most of the time with the vulnerable students
“Our teachers are capable of noticing some of these cases since they are closer to the students. Teachers should identify behavior changes but it is a problem that is societal and we all have to address it,” the PS said.
On the parental side, he said that most of the victims would have had a bad experience of sexual life at the hands of parents, relatives, guardians among other players.
“Were they molested by relatives, siblings or parents? So as they grow up, some of these things stick in themselves. And then they start manifesting themselves when they grow to become teenagers, ” noted the PS.
He challenged parents not to take a back sit.
“But the first place the buck stops is with us as parents. How have we brought up our children? What have we told them about how to take care of themselves?” posed the PS.
PS Kipsang also asked other related institutions such as faith-based institutions, communities, parents and the media to come forth and help in fighting the common enemy.
“That is why when Kenya Films and Classification Board chief executive officer Ezekiel Mutua becomes ‘difficult’ with people, we are quick to condemn him as a moral policeman. But you know we have to be careful with what our children consume in the media, it could be the problem,” he told Daily Nation.
