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Teenage girls ‘tricked’ into getting birth control

The girls were given forms to fill before being ushered into a private room (Photo: Shutterstock)

Police are investigating claims that a community health worker tricked four girls into getting contraceptive implants.

The girls, aged between 12 and 14, claim the volunteer health worker lured them to a health centre at Eshisiru village in Lurambi Constituency last week after promising them free sanitary pads.

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