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When Nelpha Oroo got her period in 2019 while in Form Two, she had never imagined that menstrual periods came with pain.
"When I went to shower as usual after waking up, I found huge blood stains in my pants. I was not shocked to see that because I already knew that this was a sign that I had started my monthly period. What no one told me was that periods sometimes came with pain and at first, I was very angry about that," narrates Nelpha, now 21 and a second-year student at Rongo University.
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