Source: The Star
Many schoolgirls in Naivasha subcounty are likely to engage in prostitution due to economic hardships, subcounty education officer Mbugua Kabaki has said.

He said this is due to lack of basic needs at home and inadequate facilities for students in school. Speaking during an education stakeholders meeting held in Naivasha town, Kabaki said poverty is a major problem for most families in Naivasha. He said poverty has affected performance in schools as most of the students got involved in activities that divert their attention from their studies.

Kabaki said most of the girls in day schools get lifts from truck drivers who abuse them sexually. "Some schools are far from the students' homes and some truck drivers take advantage of that ," he said.

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