Bishop Patrick Ngigi and his wife Josephine Ngigi
By MTK Reporter
A couple has embarked on a walk to sensitize Kenyans on the ever increasing incidents of Gender Based Violence.
Bishop Patrick Ngigi and his wife Josephine Ngigi are walking 168 kilometres from Narok town to Nairobi to advocate against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), as they raise funds to protect vulnerable girls.
They founded an organisation called ‘Mission with a Vision’ 27 years ago, which rescues Maa girls from early marriages, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and teenage pregnancies.
They have saved thousands of girls from the ‘cut’ and early marriages, as they have been escaping to their rescue centres, where they can continue their education.
“We left Narok town on 11th December, and we are targeting to get to Gender Offices in Nairobi on 23rd December. We will have spent 13 days on the road, and we believe we will have achieved our target,” he noted.
Bishop Ngigi lamented the increasing GBV among married people, where couples fight, leaving their children vulnerable to early marriages, teenage pregnancies, and other issues.
The centre mainly deals with girl children, rescuing vulnerable teenage mothers, girls who have escaped from FGM, and those on the verge of being married off. The rescued girls remain in safe houses until they are reconciled with their families.
“The organisation works closely with the Department of Children Services, who help us to identify the vulnerable girls and are also key in helping to reconcile the children back to their families,” he said.
The mission has seen many girls become professionals and contribute positively to society’s development. Many of the girls have become teachers, medics, social workers, and police officers. “Many girls we rescued are now teachers, medics, social workers, police officers, among others. That is why we are determined to continue with this course until our society is free from GBV,” said Bishop Ngigi.
Josephine Ngigi emphasised the importance of supporting girls’ education and calling on society to shun retrogressive cultural practices that hinder girls from achieving their dreams.
In the year 2022, the Kenya Health Demographic Survey (KHDS) ranked Narok County position one in the country in teenage pregnancies at 48 per cent.
However, following rampant sensitisation campaigns and the collaboration of different stakeholders from the National, County and non-state actors, the number of teenage pregnancies dropped to 28 per cent in the year 2022.
Current reports from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that the number of teenage pregnancies could have dropped further to 25 per cent.
According to the KNBS report in 2022, about 34 per cent of women in Kenya have experienced physical violence since age 15, and another 13 per cent of women have experienced sexual violence at some point in their lives.
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