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Reality check: Why it’s time to introduce sex education in schools

students in school lack sex education. Photo: Standard.

The advocates of sexual education in school have faced insurmountable challenges, ranging from legal to religious, in their pursuit to establish responsible sexual knowledge among the youths. Perhaps painting a picture of society viewing sex education as a taboo not worth public discussion.

In 2014, former Nominated Senator Judith Achieng Sijeny sponsored a Reproductive Health Care Bill that sought to provide primary and secondary school going children with unhindered access to comprehensive sex education.

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