Kenya – Holiday season ends as fears over teenage pregnancies persist

Holiday season ends as fears over teenage pregnancies persist

Jeckonia Otieno
01st May 2019

Teenage pregnancies conceived during the holiday season is not a new phenomenon in Kenya but some take it as a learning experience.

One such young mother from Mur Malanga Village in Siaya County found herself pregnant after engaging in sex during the holidays and she wishes she had enough education.

Rachel, 17, now a Form Two student at a well-performing girls’ school in Alego-Usonga got pregnant and delivered a baby boy when she was still in Class Seven at her local village school.

Continued: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001323502/holiday-season-ends-as-fears-over-teenage-pregnancies-persist