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Teenage pregnancy: Let us not bury our heads in the sand

Since the onset of Covid-19 in March, Kenya has witnessed an increase in teenage pregnancies, sexual and gender-based violence. A media report in mid-June indicated that close to 4,000 girls could have fallen pregnant in one county since the closure of schools due to Covid-19. Sadly, this ignited a national debate on the numbers, taking us away from the core of the issue, that it is not okay for 100, 40 or even one girl to fall pregnant. Not at all!

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