The National Council of Churches (NCCK), Eastern Region Chapter, has raised concerns over the alarming increase of teenage pregnancies in Meru County, calling for a lasting solution to the menace.
As a forefront measure, they want parents to strictly monitor their children’s activities all the time in a bid to keep them safe from predators.
The chapter chairman Reverend Nicholas Mutwiri said parents should frequently find out what their children are doing on social media in order to ensure they do not diverge to the wrong things, calling on both the government and the church to come up with appropriate contemporary mechanisms of safe guarding the interests and rights of children.
“As a church we are concerned about the high rate of teenage pregnancies in Meru County. Both the government and church should come up with the appropriate counter measures of reversing the trend. We must take responsibility by nurturing children fit for the next generation. I urge parents to always monitor their children in a bid to find out what they are doing online with their phones,” Mutwiri said.
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He said continuous monitoring of children will also reduce cases of femicide, which is on the rise.
He raised concerns over the current healthcare crisis witnessed in the country and especially in rural areas, where many Kenyans are unable to access medical services following the suspension of NHIF.
Reverend Mutwiri urged the government to temporarily suspend the ongoing SHA rollout until it is improved or else be merged with NHIF for efficient service delivery.
The clergy called on the government to focus on service delivery and not politics because people are suffering from biting poverty, insecurity and high taxation.
He said the government should immediately address the issues touching on food security, adequate health services, security, and alcohol and drug abuse which have caused family breakdown in the country.
By John Majau
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