Why the church opposes bid to introduce sex education

Kakelo Mixed Secondary School Deputy Principal Bernard Mireri in class teaching morals morals under the Appropriate Comprehensive Sexuality Education initiative in 2015. [Michael Ollinga | Standard]

It appears that the debate around Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) has refused to die. Some groups are even running a campaign to petition the government to shelve implementation of CSE in schools. Interestingly, sometime in 2015, the Ministry of Education invited religious leaders for a comprehensive briefing on the proposed new education curriculum.

The workshop held at the Silver Springs Hotel in Nairobi, brought together senior Church leaders from the National Council of Churches, Evangelical Alliance of Kenya and the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops. It was led by senior Ministry officials, including top leaders from the Kenya Institute for Curriculum Development (KICD).