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Worrying numbers of teenage mums amid rising abuse

Ivey Atieno (not her real name) was a 15-year-old Class Seven pupil when a man she barely knew lured her into a cyber café he managed, defiled her and ran away.

Her menstrual period was due that week. She waited three more weeks as the harsh truth dawned on her. She was pregnant.

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