“You must give birth to the fruit of your womb”…this is the tense message the Catholic Church gave to pregnant teenage mothers in Kenya.
In a sermon issued by Isiolo Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo, the Church says giving birth was the only solution.
Bishop Ireri said that teenage pregnant mothers must run the full course of their pregnancy and give birth, “the consequences will be borne by the society in which the pregnancy occurred in the first place.”
The Bishop said that children, under whatever circumstances are a gift from God, hence life, must, therefore, be treasured. He added that the society must uproot its ills by living the consequences.
“Let us not pretend. There are consequences to pregnancy that we must live with. And there are no other options”, he said.
Bishop Ireri fingered starvation, lack of water, immorality, and corruption as priorities, in order to create a balanced nation.
He said Kenyans continue to die of starvation, yet dump sites are filled with food remains deposited there by Kenyans.
“We must remove the rotten dog of greed, immorality and corruption from the core of the Kenyan society.”
The Bishop said the increase of teenage pregnancies was as a result of the existing malice and said everyone must take responsibility. He said the COVID-19 pandemic should not be a license for promiscuity and immorality and urged the youth to choose to decide their destiny carefully.
He said there are no illegitimate babies…adding that people must take responsibility to their actions…the community should take care of all children born in circumstances of deprivation, Ireri said.
The Catholic Church has urged the Kenya government to get to the root cause of ills that bedevil the country and stop dealing with symptoms. Hypocrisy was to blame for corruption and other bills and said time to act is now.
The bishops expressed concern that dumpsites are daily being filled with food remains, yet others are starving to death.
He said Kenyans must donate extra food rations to those starving and end the hypocrisy that continues to pervade Kenyans.
