President William Ruto speaking in at the African Inland Church (A.I.C) in Kapng’etik, Keiyo South, Elgeyo Marakwet County/PCS
President William Ruto has called on parents and teachers to ensure that children are protected from individuals whose main aim is to corrupt them and teach them to hate their parents, teachers and leaders.
Speaking on Sunday at the African Inland Church in Kapng’etik, Keiyo South, Elgeyo Marakwet county, Ruto said children must equally be protected from pedophiles and drug peddlers.
“We must equally protect all our children from pedophiles, drug peddlers and those who want to corrupt our children and teach them to hate their parents or their teachers, their leaders or their nation,” he said.
The President said his administration will ensure that children get the best support in terms of education.
He urged parents to support their children in all they want to do, be it in sports, arts or in academics.
Ruto said that teachers and instructors also have critical role to play in ensuring this happens.
“We must give all our children the best opportunities to be the best they can be. Every child, formal education, technical education, the creative industry, arts and sports, we must give our children the best array of what they can be. Those who are good in academics, others are good in sports, in creative economy, and arts.
“My administration is going to make sure our children get the best and we must support them. Teachers, instructors and managers of our education must make sure that every child in every school, TVET, college or University get the best education.”
The head of state said education is the only equaliser and it sharpens the country’s greatest asset, its human capital.
He added that it is also the reason the government is heavily investing in educational and technical institutions to bring out the potential that exists in people.
“We are investing in education because it is what sharpens our human capital, the most important asset we have as a nation and that is why we are deploying resources in our schools, TVETs, Universities because we want to make sure we harness the potential that exists in our human resource,” Ruto added.
His remarks come a few days after a Butere Girls High School staged a protest after their Drama play director Cleophas Malala was arrested.
They students ended up boycotting the performance as the situation grew tense over time.
At some point, police were forced to use teargas to disperse the students.
