UN reports
According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 28,932 girls aged 10 to 14, and another 349,465 aged 15 to 19, became pregnant over the same period. Broken down, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) says last year alone, some 13,894 teenage girls were pregnant in Kisumu County alone. Maiyo said parents have left sex education to social media and there are people who have taken advantage of the gap. “We have also learnt that teachers are the worst perpetrators of sexual acts in schools,” he said. Data from the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) shows that in 2015, some 126 teachers were struck off the teaching roll for various vices, including sexual offences.
TSC Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia accused parents and teachers of engaging in massive cover-up to defeat justice. Kenya National Union of Teachers Secretary General Wilson Sossion faulted the society for eroded morals. “But we must also call out quality assurance officials. Have these cases been happening behind their backs?” said Mr Sossion. Kenya Secondary School Heads Association National Chairman Kahi Indimuli called for fair approach in punishing culprits, saying some girls were victims of a rotten community.
