Only sex education will save the young from HIV/Aids

The problem is that parents do not sit down with their adolescent children to talk about their sexuality

A report by the National Aids Control Council (NACC) is one that should worry us as a nation, especially in Nyanza. According to the report, 9,545 adolescents got infected by HIV/Aids in the four lake region counties in 2015, while 771 young people from the same counties died of Aids-related complications.

The four counties - Migori, Homa Bay, Kisumu and Siaya - accounted for 53 per cent of the total national new infections amongst adolescents aged between 10 and 19 years in the same year.