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Kenyan Teen forced to abort eight month old unborn baby

Feb 9, 2022

By Dave Andrusko

A 14-year-old girl is in a Kenyan hospital after being forced to abort her eight-month-old unborn baby boy. The girl is an orphan and the suspected father is the husband of her maternal aunt with whom she was  staying. The Standard, a Kenyan newspaper, reported that the girl was victimized  both before and after she became pregnant.

“Since the girl is a total orphan and had nowhere to seek asylum, she was obliged to comply with the directives of the guardians,” according to James Omoro.

“According to the girl’s headteacher who was in a team that took her to the hospital, the abortion came after the minor’s aunt threatened her that she would not live with the expected baby in her house,” Omoro wrote

Her predicament began last Friday when she was given a drug that she chewed.

The girl suffered more pain on Sunday when she aborted the baby boy. 

“The girl has said she aborted a foetus aged eight months. The foetus was carried by the aunt’s husband in a basin, walked out of the home compound and discarded it at an unknown place,” the headteacher said.

After the abortion, the girl was taken to the man’s maternal uncle’s home at a village in the neighbouring Suba sub-county on Monday morning to disguise what had happened.

The headteacher told authorities, “The girl has said she aborted a foetus aged eight months. The foetus was carried by the aunt’s husband in a basin, walked out of the home compound and discarded it at an unknown place.”  

Omoro added, “After the abortion, the girl was taken to the man’s maternal uncle’s home at a village in the neighbouring Suba sub-county on Monday morning to disguise what had happened.”

When the girl did not show up at school, the headteacher worked with Development Link Knowledge Africa (DEVLINK) and police  to found the girl. On Wednesday, they took her to the hospital. 

“The girl hinted to me that she was impregnated by the male guardian,” the teacher told The Standard. “Even neighbours had raised the concern. His wife doesn’t live with him together.”

The DEVLINK Executive Director Esther Soti called on the government authorities to accord the girl justice.

“The man suspected to have defiled this girl disappeared after realizing that the girl is in the custody of the police,” said Soti said.

Soti said they want the girl to be protected and enabled to go to school.

“The prime suspect in this matter is the minor’s guardian. This means she cannot be part of that household again,” Soti added.

Mbita Sub-county Police Commander Stanley Atavachi said they had apprehended the girl’s aunt after her husband disappeared.

The lady has been detained at Mbita Police Station.

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