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Ask any Kenyan parent if their 15-year-olds are sexually active and they will swear on their lives that their kids are as chaste as a new-born.
The reality however is, a good number of teenagers are sexually active, yet their parents have no clue.
However, forget about use of contraceptives such as condoms and abstinence. The methods they use to stop pregnancies will shock you. This sad state of affairs is confirmed by revelations in the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) 2014 Report, which shows 15 percent of women aged 15019 have already given birth. The average number of sexual partners for women between 15 and 19 years is 1.5 and 2.8 for boys, the report reveals.
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