Sabatia MP Clement Sloya issuing football kits to teams that are set to participate in his newly launched football tournament in bid to create awareness against gender based violence.[Bernard Lusigi,Standard]
The tournament will see local administrators led by chiefs attending the activity to educate and create awareness among people participating and those who are set to attend the football.
"We have closed schools and with the long holiday, our young girls become susceptible to early pregnancies and this tournament will help us to keep our school-going girls away from predators who are out to exploit them sexually hence early teenage pregnancies," said the lawmaker.
Sloya said that gender-based vices are common in rural areas, where people are not aware of the vices of gender-based violence.
"Most of our parents in rural areas are not well versed with vices of gender-based violence and through this tournament, we will be able to educate our parents and advise them to let their children attend and participate in the tournament, "said Sloya.
"Besides fighting gender-based violence we are also giving our youth a platform to showcase their talent and empower them economically because, at the end of the tournament, we will award winners in the men category with Sh100,000 and the fourth position with Sh20,000 while women winners will get Sh70,000 and Sh20,000 to the fourth position."
However, the legislators urged youth to maintain peace and order during the tournament which has attracted 62 teams and were given football kits, the tournament will see girls, boys, and the elderly face out, and the matches run from December 4th to 23rd.