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.
Ms Wanjiru did not mind spending Sh500 on transport to deliver more than 150km from her home.
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