Pastor Dorcas Rigathi on Tuesday, April 17, made a passionate appeal to the men of Kakamega County for the girl child.
Speaking during the Kakamega Medical Camp at the Approved Ground in Kakamega, Pastor Dorcas expressed concern over the high rate of teenage pregnancies in Kakamega following the brief she received from local and county leaders.
“I have been told teenage pregnancies are in their thousands. This is shameful. Even if I am advocating for the boy child, my boys, do not destroy the children. These are your children.”
“If you were father, would you want your children to be raped at nine or ten years? If you would not want that done to your child, do not do it to another,” remarked Pastor Dorcas.
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Pastor Dorcas noted that she was looking forward to the day she would visit the county and Western region, and there would be no cases of teenage pregnancy, and the boys and men would be free of addictions, busy working and building the nation.
She advocated for the raising of male champions against gender-based violence, and female genital mutilation as they would educate the men and the community against the vices.
She also attributed most of the rape and defilement cases to intoxication, and urged women to stop the brewing of illicit brews for their children.
“This alcohol is not good. It has killed so many. My boy children, you are supposed to protect your families, will you do so in the graves and in prison? And women, stop brewing illicit brew for the boy child. A mother is supposed to protect the child, not brew alcohol,” she stated.
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