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Why todays parents cannot stop teens from engaging in ‘tabia mbaya’

They are powerless [Photo: Courtesy]

A spike in the number of teenage pregnancies is sending everyone’s knickers in a twist, never mind that the menace is as old as humanity.

As usual, Kenyans are blaming everyone. We have blamed teachers, we have scolded parents, we have rebuked law enforcement agencies, we have bashed the church and we have condemned Satan, that innocent guy, for working in cahoots with rapists and paedophiles to impregnate school girls.

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