Turkana county celebrated the day of African child at Lokichar in Turkana south.

The celebration of African children normally held on 16^th of June every year where all African continents remembers the day of which Africana children were killed at South Africa for demanding their rights.

Speaking during the celebration Deputy county commission of Turkana south Elija Kodo said that this celebration is very Important especially in Trkana south where every year young girls and boys drop out of School for early marriage.

                            

He urged parents to Invest in children and resist early marriages to enable children go to school as they are the leaders of tomorrow.

The in charge of child protection in the Diocese of Lodwar Eunice Majuma said that this year development partners decided to stage the function in Turkana south because of the highst cases of early marriages and urged parents to participate in fighting against the early marriage and the theme of this year is stop child early marriages.

                      

The  guest of honor was a class eight pupil from Angorabat primary school of Turkana south Sylvester Loruka who singled out the challenges that led into early marriages as poverty  ,Illiteracy, ignorance from some of the parents ,pear pressure and many other vices in the African society.

               

The development partners who made the day to successful were Dioceses of Lodwar through the department of child protection, World vision Kainuk,save the children, IRC, Child fund Kenya, SAPCONE, Mission of hope, Tumain CBO of Kanamkemer county government and National government.