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Single mothers to Kenyans: We are here to stay

President Uhuru Kenyatta took some time, during his Madaraka Day address to the nation, to highlight the changing face of the Kenyan family.
There was, he noted, an issue that was a threat to “the fundamental character of Kenya”, one whose continued upward trend, if unchecked, would “reap untold harm onto our most vulnerable and precious members, our children.”

“If unchecked,” President Uhuru Kenyatta warned, “this trend shall destroy the fundamental character of Kenya and reap untold harm onto our most vulnerable and precious members: our children.”

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