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How parents' silence fuel teenage pregnancy crisis

Madam Judy Sadia, Ngewe's Primary School Principal engages her students on Aug 1, 2024. [Gardy Chacha, Standard]

Fourteen-year-old Wanjiku*, a pupil at Ngewe Primary School in Kiambu County, has been sternly advised by her mother not to have boys for friends.

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