The Kenya Network for Positive Teachers (KNPT) in Kiambu County on Wednesday urged the county government to support them in their advocacy within the region.
Speaking to the press on Wednesday in Thika town, KNPT chairperson Mrs Margaret Njagi said that the group has been faced with many challenges.
“Since the inception of this group a year ago, we have had no concrete growth due to lack of funding,” Njagi said.
Njagi said that members have been contributing towards the group’s advocacy costs in both primary and secondary schools in the county.
She called on secondary school teachers to join the group which does not have their representatives urging the other Sub-counties of Kiambu to increase their membership insisting that there is only one representative from Kiambu Sub-County.
“Our group comprises 20 members and if some did not pull out, we would be around 50. I call on other teachers to join us in empowering people in Kiambu County about HIV,” Njagi said.
The group, which has been inviting guest speakers from Teachers Service Commission (TSC), launched a table banking fund to enable members save.
Members will be allowed to borrow funds and repay at a fixed interest rate according to the chairperson.