Youths unmet contraception needs add to grim numbers

Film-coated tablets and condoms with two orchid flowers isolated on white. Some of the most common contraceptives used in the country. [Photo: Courtesy]

At only 36, Anne is already a grandmother to a three-month old baby girl. In her modest single-room house in Kimilili town, Bungoma County, a bed takes half of the space with a simple wooden chair lining the wall on the remaining half as a table completes the set; this is home for Anne, her two daughters - Maggy and a two-year-old toddler – and her granddaughter.