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PS Lenasalon urges parents not to hide children living with disability

One of the beneficiaries of the 180 wheelchairs that were donated by the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase II. Michael Lenasalon, the Principal Secretary for State Department for Devolution, made the donation in Maralal Town, Samburu County on June 16th. 2025. [Photo by Michael Saitoti]

Parents with children living with disabilities have been encouraged not to hide them, but instead to enroll them in institutions that will aid in their rehabilitation.

Michael Lenasalon, the Principal Secretary for the State Department for Devolution, stated that hiding children with disabilities only marginalises them.

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