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Beware! Your child might be victim of an online predator

Dr. Margaret Mak’anyengo a child consultant psychiatrist at her office in Kenyatta National Hospital on 22/10/2015.PHOTO BY EDWARD KIPLIMO/STANDARD.

Some months ago, a 16-year old girl travelled from Nakuru to Limuru to meet a man she had been chatting with on Facebook. He sent her sh400 for fare, and when they met, he had sex with her, then disappeared.

She had no more money, but by some stroke of good luck, the Form Three student found her way back home -- hurt and scared.

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