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Fact-Checker: CS Mucheru partly correct on role of Internet in teen pregnancies

ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru last week proposed that the Government should start censoring internet content as one way of dealing with increased teenage pregnancies in Kenya. “We have a problem with teenage pregnancy and it has been said that the Internet is a contributor to this,” said Mucheru. “The Communications Authority will now look into filtering of illicit content to protect our underage audiences…”

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