Over 1,000 Teenage Pregnancies Reported in Lamu as KHRC, MUHURI Demand Action on GBV Crisis

Lamu County recorded at least 1,073 teenage pregnancies between last year and May this year, according to the latest report.

The report, by the county gender department, which was submitted to the Presidential Technical Working Group on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Femicide, indicated that girls aged between 15 and 19 were the most affected.

In a joint statement on Thursday, June 5, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) demanded government intervention to end teenage pregnancies.

MUHURI stated that most of the cases stemmed from rape, defilement, as well early marriages, 789 of those recorded in this report having been reported last year.