NO CONDOMS TO SCHOOLS,

The government has launched a policy
to address the growing numbers of
teenage pregnancies, unsafe abortion,
drug abuse and HIV/Aids infections
among adolescents.
The health Ministry is categorical that
contrary to claims in some quarters,
the policy does not allow abortion,
neither will it permit the distribution of
condoms to school children.
But while it prohibits abortion, the
policy promotes improvement of post-
abortion care.
Health Principal Secretary Khadija
Kasachoon on Wednesday said the
policy was a guideline that works
within the constitution.
“This document lays bare the
solutions to address the population
that is critical in our future planning.
“We will work with the Ministry of
Education to offer age appropriate sex
education as well as our ministry so
that adolescents can get
comprehensive medical care as
prescribed in the Constitution,” the PS
said.

SEX IN A BUS
The 33-page document titled: ‘The
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive
Health Policy” was launched
Wednesday amid growing concern
over indiscipline in schools.
This trend was highlighted by the
arrest of about 35 students who were
found drinking, using and hiding bhang
as well as having sex in a bus early
last month.
The document describes reproductive
health as a state of complete physical,
mental and social well-being, and not
merely the absence of disease or
infirmity, in all matters of the
reproductive system, its functions and
processes.
The policy is however not clear on
how it would work with the counties in
addressing the concerns of youth.