Teen pregnancies are soaring in Kericho County, with a shocking 5,752 cases reported last year.
Over 2,000 of these cases were from Bureti Sub-County alone, raising alarm among stakeholders, who now link the crisis to a troubling rise in child labour across the region.
Speaking during this year's World Day Against Child Labour commemoration held at Saint Kizito School for the Deaf in Litein, Bureti Sub-County, Kericho County, Director of Gender Ms.
Beatrice Chebet underscored the deep concern correlating teenage pregnancy and child labour.
