Nurse, 48, flees after his new wife, a Class 8 pupil, rescued from his house
Phillip Lenmerdete is said to have married off the 13-year-old just after she completed her end of primary education exams.
Girl married off twice in 14 days to men three and four times her age rescued
Standard Six pupil was married off to two men within 14 days by her father but has since been rescued by administrators.
Five arrested for marrying off a 13-year-old girl
Narok administrator says that the minor was brought to the town a week ago to be married to a man twice her age away from her village mates.
Teach children dangers of early sex, CS Magoha tells Coast parents
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has accused parents of abdicating their responsibility to educate their children on the dangers of engaging in early sex. Prof Magoha blamed the spike in teenage pregnancies on parents for neglecting their roles to advise, monitor and control their children’s behaviour. Speaking on Monday in Kwale County during the […]
Man arrested for marrying 12-year-old girl
By Jephitha Mwai. Police in Narok County on Sunday, July 14 arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of marrying an underage girl. Acting on a tip-off from Olooltoto Village residents, police arrested the quadragenarian at his home, where he was found with the 12-year-old girl, whom he recently married according to Maasai customs. Narok County […]