It's not all doom, gloom for babies with mums behind bars

Leah Wairimu (left) and Virginia Njuguna (right) during the interview at Nakuru Women GK Prison. [Harun Wathari, Standard]

Leah Wairimu, 30, beams as her one-year-old daughter, Ciku, scoots across a playroom. She crawls to a baby walker, pulls herself up to stand — then falls over. Quivering, she looks at her mother.

“Aw, you want Mama?” says Wairimu. “Count!”