Men in Kisii County who are found marrying and luring minors into sex in Kisii county risk being prosecuted if caught.
According to Kisii county, Commissioner Mrs Kula Hache there are cases of a number of men who are married to minors and who have also been found impregnating school children in the past few months and she would not like to see that happen again.
Addressing a number of Children officers in her office on Monday morning, Hache said that the children in the society deserve quality education and with the earlier marriages they won’t get that.
“It’s a collective assignment with parents that will ensure we get rid of sex pests in the county and I would like them to work closely with the government agencies to arrest anyone involved in that,” she added.
She also warned parents who deny their children rights to education and to live a decent life by engaging them in retrogressive cultural practices.
She reminded the parents that the law protects children and anyone who pushes the young ones into early marriage, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Moranism and child labour that contribute in denying them rights to education risk being prosecuted.