According to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (2014), one in every five girls aged 15-19 is either pregnant or already a mother.
The Global Childhood Report 2019 shows Kenya has the third-highest teen pregnancy rates, with 82 births per 1,000 births.
Teenage pregnancy remains a global social and medical problem. A United Nations Population Fund report on Kenya found 378,397 pregnancies for girls aged 10-19 between July 2016 and June 2017.
Narok, where 40 per cent of teenagers became pregnant, led counties with the highest number of teenage pregnancies. Others were Homa Bay (33 per cent), West Pokot (29 per cent), Tana River (28 per cent), Nyamira (28 per cent), Samburu (26 per cent) and Migori and Kwale both at 24 per cent.
