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The youngest mother in Siaya County comes from Gem constituency and she is 13 years old. The girl was impregnated by a 20-year-old man, who is a well-known cattle herdsman in the area. Teenage pregnancy is one of the main problems that adolescent and teenage girls face in Siaya County. According to the Kenya Demographic Health Survey 2014, the percentage of adolescent and teenage girls who have begun child bearing stands at 17% in Siaya County.
Teenage pregnancy has forced a lot of young girls in Siaya County to abandon their dreams and goals in life. They drop out of school which makes them have limited future because of the many risks surrounding them, such as HIV and STIs infection, early and forced marriages, Sexual gender based violence and maternal deaths just to mention a few.
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