Let us confront prevalence of single mothers

Serious attention must also be given to increasing number of young people engaging in unsafe sex. [iStockphoto]

The rising number of single mother-led families is probably the disaster we may now want to talk about, due to far-reaching ramifications.

Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta sounded the alarm in 2019. While marking the 59th Madaraka Day celebrations, he noted with concern the huge leap in the number of single mothers from 25.1 per cent in 2009 to 38.2 in 2019.