A survey by the Kenya Health Information System shows that about 4,000 girls aged 19 years and below were reported pregnant in Machakos County between January and May, which means 27 girls conceived every day.

Even though the figures are less because the number of 4,000 represents multiple visits of pregnant girls to hospitals, even a single teenage pregnancy is unacceptable," he wrote.

"4,000 teenage pregnancies, in Machakos alone, is the count for reported cases at the time of reporting.

The Class Seven girl was made pregnant by a neighbour, who is married with two children.

She confesses that she had a sexual relationship with the man responsible, who happens to be her neighbour, in the months of September and October 2019.