The Senate is inquiring into Kenya’s increasing adolescent pregnancy epidemic after an official report indicated that more than 232,000 cases occurred in Kenya in 2025, over 65,000 occurring in Busia County. Raising the issue in the House, Senator Catherine Wakwabubi said the epidemic’s enormous scope now threatens Kenya’s future labor force and economic productivity. According
Findings from the recently launched Gender Report 2026 in Nairobi have shown that girls who are not in school are at a much greater risk of becoming pregnant than girls enrolled in schools. The report, released by Usawa Agenda at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), paints a grim picture of persistent gender inequalities