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HIV and Aids prevalence has shot up from 3.4 per cent to 5.6 per cent over the past one year, a new strategic report has revealed.
According to the report dubbed Bomet County HIV and Aids Strategic plan, Bomet is one of the counties leading with new infections.
The survey, launched by Governor Isaac Ruto's wife, Esther, has sent local leadership back to the drawing board in a bid to find ways of reversing the worrying trend.
Youths, married couples and professionals were urged to lead the fight against HIV and Aids.
Mrs Ruto said: "I am calling on development partners and well-wishers to work with my office and the county government of Bomet in educating school going children on HIV and Aids and the need for sexual abstinence."
She said youths should be armed with all information on the scourge so that they can make informed choices about their lives.
The launch was also attended by Regina Ombam, the National Aids Control Council deputy director, and Bomet County Commissioner Bernard Leparmarai.
"You can change the lives of the affected by loving them and openly speaking about the scourge instead of living in denial," Mrs Ruto said.
She said not every community in the country has accepted HIV and Aids as a disaster.
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