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Morality: Church rubbishes teen pregnancy claims, attacks contraceptive use

The National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) Secretary General Rev Canon Peter Karanja (left) and Chairman Archbishop Timothy Ndambuki at a press briefing on Friday. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

A church-based organisation has questioned the authenticity of the data on teen pregnancy.

Rev Canon Peter Karanja, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Kenya, claimed that the widely publicised stories of rampant teenage pregnancies could just be a ploy for commercial interests.

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