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Kilifi sex pests risk elders’ curse for impregnating teenage girls

Mijikenda Kaya elders perform rituals at Malindi's Magarini Cultural centre in Klifi County. The elders have warned those impregnating teenage girls that they risk being curse. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]

Mijikenda elders in Kilifi County have threatened to pronounce curses against men who defile and impregnate teenage girls in the county.

Speaking at Magarini Cultural Centre in Gongoni on Monday where they had congregated for special prayers, the elders said they had opted for the ‘curse solution’ to curb rising cases of teenage pregnancies in the County.

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