Dr. Sezibera told the residents that every parent is responsible for educating children he bore hence everyone ought to think how he can help his children grow.
Sezibera made the remarks on Saturday as he, with diplomats in Rwanda, joined residents of Kamonyi District in the monthly community activities, Umuganda, where they planted over 4000 trees.
“Before you fill the earth with children, you first fill your household. If you have a one-roomed house and it is already full with two children, then your earth is filled, you should stop,” he said.
The rate of Rwandan families using family planning stands at 50%, a rise from 10% in 2010.
Use of modern family planning methods in Rwanda has been bogged down by religious leaders who refer to the biblical words written in Genesis 1:28 going as: “And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it.”
Religious leaders referring to the quote in Genesis 1:28 advise their fellow believers not to adapt to modern family planning methods including using condoms and contraception but instead use the natural methods.
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