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Moi: Aids a 'national disaster'
Moi on Aids: "No family in Kenya is untouched" |
By East Africa correspondent Martin Dawes
Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi has declared Aids a national disaster, but has sent ambivalent signals about what should be done.
 Aids ... is a real threat to our very existence  |
| President Moi |
But the president has also reportedly restated a long-standing view that the government and churches will not advocate condom use, as this would appear to give youth a passport to casual sex.
Such a statement is likely to concern foreign aid donors.
Confused signals
And there can be no doubt the confused signals sent by the Kenyan Government and some church leaders have led to lost lives and lost opportunities as Aids has bitten deeply into the population.
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President Moi has only recently started to take a lead on the issue, but has been known to declare in speeches that women are to blame.
One donor has said that there is no doubt that countries with successful Aids control programmes are countries with clear government policies.
Youths must be made aware of the futility of promiscuous sex |
| President Moi |
Through its Development Aid budget, Britain provides millions of condoms to dispensaries and family groups, yet at a special ceremony every year Catholic bishops burn such contraceptives as a protest over their use.
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