By The Mountain Journal Team
Some of the school going children in
Murang’a have declined to resume learning.
Instead, the county education
office has information that out of the 800 learners yet to resume 207 girls in
both primary and secondary schools are pregnant.
Murang’a county commissioner
Mohammed Barre said all the learners should be assisted to resume learning
which has been made mandatory by the government.
He spoke at Gititu
secondary in Gatanga, and Gathunguru primary in Maragua, when
Kakuzi PLC donated desks, a water tank and sanitary towers.
The learners who have been transferred to other schools, he said will be accounted for.
“ One of the expectant
learners is in a school in Gatanga sub county and is due to deliver, and
arrangements have been made to ensure she will sit for her KCSE,” he said.
He directed the school heads
to provide details of the missing learners and those of their parents to assist
in tracing them.
Kakuzi through a corporate social
responsibility program donated 510 desks, 16,000 face masks and construction of
water tanks to enhance hand washing in efforts to stop the spread of Covid 19,
to 35 primary and secondary schools.
Murang’a County Director of
Education Ms Annie Kiilu said in the
present scenario there are more girls than boys.
“ From the comparison we had before march last year and
present, there are few boys in schools
more than girls. We must also look for the boys as there has been much attention on girls,” she said.
At the same time, Barre
asked the locals to be law abiding and instead respect private
properties.
He said Kakuzi PLC
was the largest employer of the locals thus there was a need for
the locals to nurture close cooperation.
Kakuzi PLC Deputy General
Manager Dr Wilson Odiyo said they have engaged with the locals
through a community liaison officer.
“ We have been working with the
community for a long time and wish the same will continue for the coming
decades,” said Odiyo.
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