By Boniface Mulu
Girls in Kitui County will benefit from free sanitary pads that will be distributed in all schools.
The sanitary towels were donated by the Kenya’s Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs Ministry. The county has been selected to pilot the project before it is rolled out in the entire country.
Kitui County Commissioner Samuel Kimiti said the project will boost girls’ performance in schools.
He was speaking to hundreds of the students, teachers, and parents during the official launch of the project for the local girls’ school at Kitui Central Primary School in Kitui Town.
Kitui County Woman Representative, Dr. Irene Kasalu was the chief guest at the function.
The Commissioner thanked the Government for coming up with the programme which, he said, enhances welfare of girl- child.
The project is an initiative of the County Woman Representatives Association.
Dr Kasalu said Kitui was the first county to receive the sanitary pads in the country.
She said that the county was given a total of 2,224,520 sanitary towels, which will benefit a total of 555,133 girls for four months.
