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It takes a very positive mind-set to turn a rather sad reality into a success story. I am starting to believe that our obsession with creating a new paradigm of sex education is the reason we have not achieved much traction in providing comprehensive sexuality education for youth. So today I want to attempt something unusual; I want to get into the mind of the many Kenyans opposed to sex education to figure out how they construct their reality.
Let us start with some basic statistics—I hope you get past the pain of reading the numbers to the actual story the numbers tell. In 2013, nearly half (47%) of high school students reported having had sexual intercourse. In fact, about one fifth of all male and female students in 2013 had more than four sexual partners. You have judged right; these are shocking figures, especially when you note that high school students are on average below age 18 years.
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