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Birth control no longer a bitter pill for Nakuru street mothers

Street families inside their makeshift home made of polyethylene bags at Ziwani in Bondeni within the outskirts of Nakuru town. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The dull mid-morning sun pierces through an already cloudy sky as Mary Nyambura cuddles her one-month-old baby as she waits to be served at Family Care Hospital.

The 23-year-old is among tens of street mothers seeking family planning services. 

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