West Pokot County has established a Children's Advisory Committee, marking a significant and crucial step toward the promotion and protection of children's rights within the region.
Speaking during the formation of the sub-county Children's Advisory Committee at Kalya hotel in Kapenguria constituency, an Assistant Director of Children's services, Wilfred Azegele, said the committee would be involved in both immediate interventions and long-term solutions to ensure that children are safe, supported, and have opportunities to thrive.
Azegele said that the Children's Advisory Committee of the West Pokot sub-county aims to develop a work plan scheduling activities to support child protection issues in the county.
He said the key intervention measures would focus on prevention and responsiveness and that the committee aimed at developing a work plan scheduling activities to support child protection issues in the county. "The West Pokot sub-county children advisory committee will emphasise advocacy and community sensitisation about children's rights and welfare," stated Azegele.
