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Kenya's neglect of its children is a bet against the nation's future

Dr. Mercy Mwangangi takes office as SHA CEO.[Courtesy]

What does the government have against its children? Although the nation’s hopes and future lie in the hands of the approximately 1.2 million children born each year, a closer look at the conditions they are born and raised in reveals a bleak reality..

Reports of the death of 136 newly born babies in Kiambu about two months ago owing to doctors strike illustrates the systemic problems afflict the country.

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