Kaluma Under Siege
A group of women’s rights activist on Thursday staged a peaceful demonstration outside Milimani Law Courts demanding that Homa Bay Town MP Peter Opondo Kaluma take parental responsibility and pay school fees for a child he allegedly sired with his estranged lover in 2007.
The group claims that the MP should be compelled to settle the fees arrears for his daughter.
The matter has since been mentioned at the Nairobi Children’s Court.
“Hon. Kaluma has been fronting himself as the champion for the family and yet he has repeatedly refused to pay school fees for his daughter, to the point that the mother must come to court for something like this. This is unacceptable for an MP who wants to get political mileage in the name of being a family man. He is an embarrassment to all Kenyan men,” said Ruth Mumbi Co-founder and Convenor of Women Collective Kenya.
Editar Ochieng a Kibra-based activist for Peace and Justice Centre called on Kaluma for advancing oppression against women.
“Women continue to die from many factors that can be traced back to men’s failure to play their role. Kaluma’s bill does not even address the rampant cases of gender-based violence affecting Kenyan families. The MP is also keen to do away with any attempts to teach our children about sex. He has failed to appreciate that one of the main reasons girls become pregnant is a lack of education and his failure to educate his own daughter is contributing to this tragedy,” said Ochieng.
It was reported last month the children’s court in Milimani Nairobi heard that the lawmaker was yet to settle school fees arrears of Sh. 56,000 for his daughter as directed by the court.
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