While putting boda boda riders on notice for exchanging free rides for sex from teenage girls, local authorities in Homa Bay County have blamed poverty and lack of parental care for rampant defilement, teenage pregnancies and school dropouts among school going girls in Suba North constituency.
According to the area Deputy County Commissioner Julius Okello, there were some people who took advantage of vulnerable schools girls to sexually abuse them after luring them with the money they got from the lake.