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We wish we had access to contraceptives, Mau women

Lily Sigilai, 34, a mother of eight, at her home in Olmekenyu camp, Narok South. PHOTO | ANITA CHEPKOECH | NATION MEDIA GROUP

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By  Anita Chepkoech

Sub-Editor

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Nationally, young girls and women below the age of 24 years account for 70 per cent of all pregnancies, most of which are usually unwanted.
  • The United Nations Population Fund noted that family planning information and services also empower women to plan if and when to have children.

Lily Sigilai arrives home with a pile of firewood on her back.

She drops it on the ground with a thud and sighs heavily from the exhaustion of hauling it this far.

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