Cases of defilement have become rampant in Matungu constituency causing school girls to drop out due to unwanted pregnancies.
Speaking during a funds drive at Namamba Secondary it emerged that the constituency is leading in teenage pregnancies with over 13, 000 teen mothers who get pregnant through defilement.
However, it was revealed that Kakamega County First Lady Janet Barasa is determined to take teen mothers back to school and she has started a programme of issuing sanitary pads as well.
The program which will ensure the provision of sanitary pads to school girls will reduce unwanted pregnancies as most of them fall prey to Bodaboda operators and other unscrupulous men.
The first lady advised mothers to keep their girls safe by monitoring their movements and regularly having close conversations with them.
Parents are also urged not to cover up perpetrators of defilement but come out and report the cases to the authorities.
By Hilda Atika
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