Shocking cases of women who take their own children's lives

Shocked residents of Lakeview Estate in Nakuru look at a plain clothed police officer collecting the body of an infant after one of the neighbours aborted the baby. [BONIFACE THUKU, STANDARD]

It was a simple call of nature that a 19-year-old woman in Marsabit County blamed for the loss of her child.

The woman, who a court found difficult to prefer charges against as an adult, and even opted not to disclose her identity, said she went the toilet after feeling some pain. She said she pushed and a baby fell in the pit latrine.