By PIUS MAUNDU More by this AuthorMore than 28 girls on average became pregnant daily in Machakos County in the last five months, a new Kenya Health Information System survey has revealed. The data shows that a total of 3,964 girls aged 19 years and below were reported pregnant within that period. Machakos County Children Officer Salome Muthama said the reported pregnancy cases among school girls are a much less than the actual numbers. Machakos teen pregnancies dataAdvertisementBIGGER CRISISThe worrying trend has been linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, with authorities expressing fear that the data points to a bigger crisis. She noted that the teenage girls are exposed to sex pests since the grandparents are unable to monitor them closely.

Source: Daily Nation June 17, 2020 05:37 UTC