Naivasha sub county children officer John Chege on Monday urged parents to come out in large numbers and bring out their children for the on-going free cancer screening exercise.
Speaking in his offices at the sub county headquarters, Chege noted that majority of parents were suffering due to lack of knowledge which was also affecting their children.
“Any lapse in a child’s upbringing will haunt you as a parent that is why we are calling on them to utilise the programme to help their children understand their bodies,” he said.
The county government sponsored a free medical camp that was officially launched by Lucia Kinuthia over the weekend in Bahati constituency and is expected to be facilitated across all the sub counties.
He said that such initiatives would help needy children get access to quality healthcare free of charge because the government was bring services closer to the people.
“The economic situation and tough conditions of living make it hard for some parents to access quality services but this one is free, let’s come out in large numbers, get screened and have our children checked too,” he advised.
Chege further called on the government to start another gender based violence outreach programme to help educate residents especially women who are the most affected.
“Domestic violence, child prostitution and incest are among issues that a majority of our people need to be educated about, after this medical camp, let the county also roll out another educative programme for the benefit of our people,” the children affairs expert noted.
The medical camp programme is expected to run for the better part of November with all the remote areas and villages being targeted because most people there don’t access such services at the available local dispensaries.