Source: CNN
I guess she's not a fan of people living to see 40 or not die a horrible death from AIDS, either.
How about the millions of homeless and parentless children roaming the Kenyan countryside with no real hope for a good future? Complete and total ignorance about the spread of AIDS and stronger overzealous beliefs of Christian principles which will lead to the needless death of many in 3...2...1.
Kenyan first lady Lucy Kibaki risked the wrath of anti-AIDS campaigners by advising young people against using condoms, saying they should practice abstinence instead.
"Those still in school and colleges have no business having access to condoms," Lucy Kibaki said in a speech carried on the government's Web site on Friday.
"I am not in favor of condoms."
Kenya has seen a decline in the number of HIV/AIDS cases in the past decade. In the late 1990s, 10 percent of the population was infected but by 2003, that number had dropped to 7 percent.
Many AIDS experts attribute such success in part to wider use of condoms.
But some staunch Christians, as well as prominent Africans including Ugandan first lady Janet Museveni, have promoted abstinence over condom use as the best way to fight AIDS.
This is an extremely irresponsible statement by the Kenyan First Lady Lucy Kibaki and shows why Kenya and most of Africa will always be slaves to the AIDS epidemic for years to come.
Leaders must take AIDS seriously and use education, prevention, and medication to stop its spread. Simply wishing it away just doesn't cut it anymore.
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