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How I managed to escape being married off at 12

How I managed to escape being married off at 12
Nominated MP Sarah Lekorere (right) holds a three-month-old baby at One More Day Safe House in Doldol, Laikipia North sub-county. With her is the baby’s 13-year-old mother who was rescued from a forced early marriage at the age of 11, and One More Day for Children CEO Hellen Gathogo (left). [Photo: John Gathua/ Standard]

Jackie*, now 17, vividly recalls when she was a Standard Two pupil.

She was just 12 years old and during weekends, her father asked her to take care of their sheep and goats.

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