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Day MPs spread lies about family planning

The august House in session in February, 1970. MPs made a joke and a mockery of the need to plan families.

By Waweru Mugo

Kenya: Kenya is a country of many firsts. In the 1970s, it had an enviable world record — the second fastest population growth globally! It is claimed it upped this to probably having the highest population growth rate in the world over the next decade.

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