The County Government of Uasin Gishu will support the Scouts Movement as it is among avenues to bring up children of good morals.

Governor Jackson Mandago says his government will always be on tne frontline in supporting the movement.

“The scouts organisation is among ways that can be utilized to bring up children who are obedient and always willing to do that which is right,” said Mandago.

The Governor was speaking moments after inspecting a guard of honour mounted by hundreds of scouts and girl guides.

“I believe the scouts movement is an organisation that can inculcate and uphold good morals in our children,” added Governor Mandago.

Deputy Governor Daniel Chemno said: “Nothing beats the pride that a parent gets when they realize that their children have unquestionable morals. This is what the scouts movement does, keeping these boys and girls upright in terms of morals.”

 After the guard of honor for their County Patron, Governor Mandago, the scouts would later stomp the streets of Eldoret, marching while marking the world-wide Founder’s Day.

Baron Baden-Powell, was the founder and first chief scout of the Boys Scouts Association and founded the Girl Guides Association.
Baden-Powell, born on February 22, 1857, was a British Army officer, a writer and an author who scripted the Scouts for Boys, a book which inspires the movement.
Powell died in Nyeri, then called British Kenya, on January 8, 1941. He was also buried in Nyeri. The Paddington (London)-born died while aged 83.