MONDAY- 11th October, 2021: The Kenya government, over the weekend, have officially banned “Kwara-Kwara”, a popular dance, says it promotes immorality and early pregnancy amongst teenagers and youths.
Kwara Kwara is a dance that is popular in the Kacheliba sub-county, West Pokot county of Kenya. It has been considered as a catalyst for the growing rate of early pregnancies leading to early marriages in the area.
The Kacheliba Deputy County Commissioner, Kennedy Kiprop, banned the dance, saying, “There is this new dance called ‘Kwara Kwara’ that is popular among the youth and which has led to immorality among them. I am banning it with immediate effect. All the chiefs and their assistants should crack the whip and arrest those found disobeying the ban.”
Kiprop said, “I am urging you locals not to allow youths in the villages to hold this dance as it is really derailing the gains, we had made in educating our children, especially the girls,”
According to Kennedy, a steady increase in the number of early age pregnancies has been recorded since the dance grew popular in the area.
The early pregnancies have led to the rising rate of school dropouts and eventual marriage at an early age.
