My Grade Eight daughter’s pregnancy broke me

Young mother and child: The recent exposé that 160,000 aged 10-19 years failed to resume studies in January after falling pregnant or being married off, should jolt the country into action. Pool | Nation Media Group

When she confirmed that her 15-year-old daughter was pregnant, Mary Ruth was devastated. Even the reality that she would become a grandmother, did not excite the mother of seven. The 35-year-old had always harboured dreams of a great life for herself and the children, especially the three daughters, on successful completion of their education. WON Executive Director writes in Daily Nation. Read more…