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, Salome Muthama speaking on Tuesday during the celebrations to mark the Day of the African Child at Machakos Rescue Center in Katoloni, Machakos town. […]
Continue ReadingAccording 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 was tabled before the County Area Advisory council on Tuesday also revealed that a total of 352 girls aged between 10 and 14 years […]
Continue ReadingAs 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 falling prey to marauding sex pests. Indeed, if figures from the county’s health facilities are anything to go by, then there is every reason for […]
Continue ReadingPolice 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 air after learning that police were on his trail. Confirming the incident, the Mamba location Chief, Cosmas Mutunga Kaloki said they had already arrested the […]
Continue ReadingUnder 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 Muthama noted the increasing cases of defilement and early pregnancies qualified to be a national disaster. Following this pronouncement, Muthama appealed for change of […]
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