The county government of Bomet partners with Centre for Rights and Education awareness

BY CORRESPONDENT

The county government of Bomet has partnered with Centre for Rights and Education awareness (CREAW) to advocate for gender equality and uplift women, girls, boys and people living with disabilities in the society.

The engagement brought together all stakeholders from the National Government, County Government departmental heads, and religious leaders among others. The County Assembly was represented by Hon.Monica Taputany,Deputy Chair Gender Culture and social Service Committee and Hon.Felody Chepkirui nominated MCA representing youths. The representatives will be helpful in mentoring the identified vulnerable groups in forums to be rolled out at the community level, in the near future.

As a way of addressing challeng- es like GBV, the department is working closely with the office of the county commissioner to establish a child holding centre at the Bomet police station to address issues to do with children seeking legal redress.

Speaking during the forum, CREAW representative Duncan Mwatha warned parents against absconding their parental responsibility of mentoring their children especially girls, adding that it exposes the vulnerable girls to sexual abuse , even by their own close relatives.