Uika Location Chief John Musyoni Mutisya has called on parents to take responsibility over their kids as the teachers’ strike continues.
He cited various reports of children involving themselves in wayward behaviour and associating with bad company saying parents needed to play the role of both the teacher and their guardians to avoid truancy.
"This is a very sensitive period to both the children and to you the parents. You need to assume even the role of the teacher and keep refreshing your children's minds to still focus on learning. Always keep in touch with the whereabouts of your children just to avoid them getting into danger and bad company," Mutisya said.
The administrator was speaking at Yatta Sub-County headquarters on Thursday where the elderly, persons with disability, orphans and vulnerable children from his location were being registered for government funding.
Mutisya called on the community to notify the authorities of the needy cases so that they would be assisted. He requested the members of public to keep informing their local administrative officers of the area drug and criminal dens so that they could win the battle on insecurity in the area.
He pleaded with drug peddlers to seek alternative ways of earning a living, otherwise, as he put it, their days of freedom were numbered.