Cases Of Teen Pregnancy Rise In Kenya Amid Pandemic

Linet, 16, who is in about 3 months pregnant talks about her unexpected pregnancy as schools are closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, during an AFP interview at her sister’s home in Raila slum, next to Kibera slum, in Nairobi, on July 15, 2020. Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFPSixteen-year-old Linnet covers her face bashfully, mumbling into her hands as she recounts how she met the young man who bought her fries and gave her money, before leaving her pregnant and facing even greater poverty than before.

Food was scarce and the advances of the 22-year-old boda-boda rider, and the luxuries he offered, were hard to resist. Linet , 16, who is in about 3 months pregnant helps to wash cloths after an interview for AFP with her sister Carol, 22, about Linet’s unexpected pregnancy as schools are closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, at her sister’s home in Raila slum, next to Kibera slum, in Nairobi, on July 15, 2020. Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFPIn Nairobi alone almost 5,000 girls fell pregnant, just over 500 of them between the ages of 10 and 14, according to the figures from a data unit within the ministry.

However she believed the numbers are merely “the tip of the iceberg” as most girls do not seek proper ante-natal care.

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