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Busia county signs MoU to combat GBV, teenage pregnancy

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Busia Governor Paul Otuoma oversees the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with a Collaborative Centre for Gender for Development (CCGB) a social organization in the fight against gender-based violence, and teenage pregnancy in the border county. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Busia county government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Collaborative Centre for Gender for Development (CCGB), a social organisation, in the fight against gender-based violence, and teenage pregnancy.

Speaking during the signing of the MoU, Governor Paul Otuoma said Busia has recorded high cases of gender-based violence (GBV) and teenage pregnancies and the agreement will incorporate various stakeholders in projects to combat the menace especially fast-tracking the gender and development policy in the assembly.

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