The Migori County leadership has imposed a ban on late-night funeral ceremonies, otherwise known as 'disco matanga'.
According to Governor Okoth Obado, the move is aimed at curbing increasing cases of early pregnancies suspected to be emanating from the night functions.
Obado said that the ban is in line with a campaign to reduce teenage pregnancy prevalence rates to 20 per cent, promising to implement more solid measures in the near future.
Speaking at Osugo Primary School in Suna East, while in the company of his wife Hellen Obado, the county boss said that the ceremonies have been banned going forward.
"We have a culture where during and after funerals music called ‘disco matanga’ is always played for days and weeks on end; we want to ban it completely as it is the main avenue of teen pregnancies,” said Obado as quoted by the Nation.
Lack of sex education, poverty and peer pressure were also listed as other causes of teenage pregnancies, according to Janet Aketch, a Programs Officer at Jhiengo, an institution that has been working with area teenagers.
Kanyasa MCA Jackepol Ongoro said that the County Assembly has passed gender and sexual violence bills in line with the programme.
“These bills if passed into law will open doors on how best we can work with stakeholders in ending the vice in the county,” he said.