Culturally-bound Samburu women unwilling to embrace family planning

Samburu, Kenya: Samburu County is famous for holding onto retrogressive cultures, which have allegedly caused anguish and pain to women and children. As the rest of the world and Kenyan women opt for the boardroom hence giving birth to a manageable number of children, in Samburu and to an extent the larger North Eastern, most women shun modern contraceptives while others have never heard of family planning.

Mary Lesiamito, 60, a mother of eight from Samburu West constituency, was married at a tender age as a third wife by a man, now deceased about 30 years her senior.