Alarm as 4000 school girls get pregnant in Machakos
Over 4000 school girls in Machakos County have been impregnated in last three months. Among these, 200 are under 14 years of age! This is according to the County Children’s Officer,
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Salome Muthama
Government lays roadmap to address defilement cases in Machakos
According to a Children’s Department Technical Working Group report, 12,409 girls aged below 20 years are said to have given birth between January 2018 and March this year. The report which
Read onGovernment officers speak out on defilement burden in Machakos
As leaders in Machakos grapple with the puzzle of runaway suicide cases in the county, stakeholders in the children’s department are equally shocked at the high numbers of underage girls
Read onYatta police hunt for incestuous father
Police in Yatta Sub-County of Machakos are looking for a 50 year-old man who defiled his seven year old daughter at Mamba B village on Thursday, before disappearing into thin
Read onDefilement a National Disaster
Under age pregnancies have reached alarming levels with calls for the trend to be declared a national disaster. Speaking to KNA on Wednesday, Machakos County Director of Children Services (CDDS), Salome
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