Interior and National Administration CS Kipchumba Murkomen has called on parents to sow good seeds in their children, lest they regret it later in life.
Speaking in Elgeyo Marakwet on Sunday, Murkomen said parents and any person bestowed with the responsibility of taking care of children to be mindful of their souls and minds.
He insisted that what children consume could, in the long run, destroy them if it is bad.
“All of us given responsibility to take care of our young people, let us be mindful, not of the things we do, not of the money they are going to earn or infrastructure we are going to build," Murkomen said.
"Let us be mindful of the soul and the minds of our children because whatever they will consume is what will destroy them, and it’s important for us to sow good seeds."
He went on to say that it will be painful for parents if their children are not guided well in the future.
The CS lamented that certain individuals who are supposed to guide these young people are the ones propagating some bad behaviours in them.
“When we will be old and my children will not be guided in the right path we will reap with a lot of pain and we will say we wish we guided the. If we do so, the security of our country will be in safe hands," he said.
The CS had accompanied President William Ruto to the African Inland Church in Kapng’etik, Keiyo South, Elgeyo Marakwet county.
His remarks come a few days after Butere Girls High School staged a protest after their Drama play director Cleophas Malala was arrested.
The students ended up boycotting the performance as the situation grew tense over time.
At some point, police were forced to use tear gas to disperse the students.
Ruto called on parents and teachers to ensure that children are protected from individuals whose main aim is to corrupt them and teach them to hate their parents, teachers and leaders.
Ruto said children must equally be protected from pedophiles and drug peddlers.
“We must equally protect all our children from those who want to corrupt our children and teach them to hate their parents or their teachers, their leaders or their nation,” he said.
The President said his administration will ensure that children get the best support in terms of education.
He urged parents to support their children in all they want to do, be it in sports, arts or academics.
