For Kenya’s young, liberal women, sex has never been a taboo

Two in every three women had their first sexual encounter before attaining the age of 16, states a report in findings that will shock parents to school-going girls.

Despite the high incidence of underage sex, nearly all respondents interviewed felt it was improper, a Nairobi-based research firm Consumer Insight has reported. Nearly 3,600 adults took part in the survey which also indicates that men would generally have sex much later than their female age-mates, but were more likely to falsely claim to have “conquered”.