Kakamega County is set to sponsor street children to study at TVET colleges to acquire skills.
The County Government of Kakamega has pledged to allocate a budget for street children, taking them to polytechnics and other institutions.
Speaking on behalf of Governor Fernandes Barasa, County Secretary Lawrence Omuhaka underscored the significance of devising a structural way of dealing with street families that can take them to technical institutions to learn and acquire skills.
Omuhaka was speaking during Easter celebrations organised for street families, highlighting that this is the only way to make them survive in society.
As some are vulnerable, the national and county governments must develop support structures.
Omuhaka vowed to discuss a structure for dealing with street children and allocating a budget for their training with the CECM in charge of Sports and Social Services.
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He urged guests from America who attended the event to partner with the County government to support street children who will become future leaders.
“I know you are brilliant; poverty is the main cause of all your problems,” he decried.
Omuhaka also pledged to support a street child who was picked from the streets and taken to school, and is always positioned as one in class.
Police Officers extended their love to street children during Easter Celebrations, hoping everyone would understand the situation better.
The Department of Police, working in partnership with other Charitable organisations, said it would consider the future of street families because if they stay on the streets, they will make generations from the roads.
Human Rights activist for Paralegal Brenda Akusa noted that they have been struggling with several street children and want to believe that the organisation has rescued a number of them.
Akusa added that they are in school while some are in home spaces where they are safe.
The child Human Rights rescued from the streets is at school, sponsored by a particular organisation.
“These children are bright and can make it. So let’s keep on doing something better,” Akusa expressed.
By Hilda Atika
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