Lowering fertility doesn't end poverty

In an opinion article in one of the local newspapers on August 21, the director-general of the National Council for Population and Development and the Kenya Representative to the UNFPA misleadingly argue in support of population control in the country. Population control dehumanises people, violates human rights and is scientifically dubious.

It is ridiculous how a few self-centred people can come up with and continue to push for the tired population control ideology. Is population control the only alternative and solution to the many problems and challenges facing Kenya today? Certainly not! This has and will result in more problems, some of which have been proven over time.