59 street children taken to school by Education minister yesterday

The Turkana county Education offices in collaboration with children’s office and adult education department joined hands to take street children’s back to school. Speaking to news reporters, the nominated MCA Hon Ruth Kuya said that they started with 28 street children and the number arose to 68, out of  68 the girls  were 3 and yesterday were taken to Turkana girls primary school where boys were taken to Lorugum Boys and Napeililim primary school. The chief officer in Education office Amina Ewoi urged the well-wishers to support building the rescue center of street children. She added that in Education sector they did not have the budget for street children this year and hopping that next financial year they will be included in the budget. The Adult Education officer Mr. Dominick Ngoko said that they started mobilizing the street children last year  in August  with a small group where they were meeting every evening at Chamunga for counseling and spiritual nourishment provided by Pr.Bonface Lokuruka.