GOVERNOR’S PRESS UNIT
Alarmed by a surge in teenage pregnancies and HIV infections, Bungoma county stakeholders have united behind a raft of measures to curb the crisis.
Bungoma Senator Wafula Wakoli with Bumula Mp Jack Wamboka
The resolutions, reached at a meeting convened by Governor Kenneth Lusaka, focus on education, parental responsibility, and legal reforms.
“I am utterly shattered by the ballooning numbers,” declared Lusaka, citing a recent report showing 26,149 teen mothers and 1,679 HIV-positive girls aged 10-24 in Bungoma by June 2023.
Webuye East Mp Martin Wanyonyi
𝑻𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅, 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏:
:𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨.
:𝙀𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥.
:𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨.
:𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚.
:𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙨.
:𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙮𝙜𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙚. :𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙨, 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧.
:𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨.
Kimilili Mp Didmus Wekesa Barasa
:𝙁𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧-𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 “𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩” (𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙮, 𝙃𝙄𝙑, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙪𝙩).
:𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨.
:𝙈𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙨. :𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚.
Kanduyi Mp John Makali
Governor Lusaka emphasized reviewing laws and policies on pregnancy tests in schools, calling for “concerted efforts to combat this menace.”
He linked the spike to declining academic performance, evident in recent national exam results.
Jack Wamboka
The county government has already implemented various interventions, but the new measures signal a renewed commitment to protecting Bungoma’s teens.
