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Early marriages costing sub-Sahara trillions

Children march to call for an end to child marriages in Narok County. PHOTO: JECKONIA OTIENO on  23 March 2017

Some 41,000 under-age girls marry every day in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a World Bank report released yesterday.

The practice also costs trillions of shillings in lost revenue in the countries where it is rampant.

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