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They live in Nairobi, but give birth in Kiambu

Thika Level Five Hospital, March 2022. [Samson Wire, Standard]

Kiambu County has become the preferred port of call for many pregnant women come delivery time. About half of the women are from the neighbouring Nairobi and Murang’a counties.

Ms Mary Wanjiru, from Punda Milia in Murang’a County, for instance, gave birth to all her four children via C-Section at a mission hospital in Thika, Kiambu County.

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