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Why Kenya has pushed two children per woman policy ahead

File photo of 11 children of Erastus Nyamawi, 48 and Leah Kwekwe, 37 at their home in Kinagoni village in Kwale. In 2017 they decided to adopt family planning [Tobias Chanji| Standard]

The Government has revised the two-child per woman policy that was launched in 2012.

This was meant to ensure women give birth to only two children by 2030 but now this has been delayed to 2050.

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