Esther Kwamboka, 19, is uncomfortable talking about sex but finds it "easier when I talk to my peers about such taboo topics, but not in the open and to everyone."
Despite her shyness, Kwamboka is a teen mother to a one-year-old son.
According to the National Council on Population and Development, one in five teen girls becomes a mother by 19.
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