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Who will marry the increasing number of single mothers in Kenya?

Today, it is common to see school going girls giving birth at an early age. Initially, conceiving while still under your parents care and unmarried was a disgrace to the family. Many culprits would often keep off social functions due to shame and not many would dare risk to be seen with such a girl. They were less marriageable than their counterparts who had no children. Many of these young girls are either standard eight drops outs or form four leavers. Is the society quietly giving in to this trend? Where girls can now comfortably and openly have kids at their parents’ home and no questions are asked?

Today, chances of young girls getting pregnant before marriage has gone up. This becomes a very hard task for any man who doesn’t want to fall victim of raising another man’s child.

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