Drugs
Bomet County Committee Executive Member for Education and Vocational Training Agnes Ngeno has called for concerted efforts in the fight against drug abuse among learners and youths in general. Ngeno said various drugs including alcohol, bhang and various forms of tobacco have infiltrated into the society and that the youths were the major partakers of the same.
She said the drugs have ripped off moral values in the society citing criminal activities and suicide as the main results of drug abuse. She was speaking during the official opening of Winners Premier school in Kapkwen, Chepalungu Sub County where she urged private schools and non-governmental organisations to play a key role in the fight against the menace.
The official said schools should ensure that they employ chaplains who will be responsible for inculcating moral values among the students. ” Religious teachings is one of the ways in which the youths acquire moral values that they would then employ for the rest of their lives,” she said.
At the same time the executive raised concerns over the rising cases of suicide among the youths and children saying some of them were as young as nine years old. Further, she urged the Government, through the National Government Administration, to beef up crackdown against illicit brews, second generation alcohol and illegal drugs.