Former nominated member of parliament Sonia Birdi has expressed concern over the high rate cases of rape among the teenagers in the country by their relatives.
Speaking to journalists in a Nairobi hotel on Friday, the former nominated member of parliament says its quite unfortunate many young girls are leaving schools due to pregnancy with no place to have a shelter.
"Since Covid broke out last year a number of young girls have been impregnated by friends or relatives and are left with no place to go" said Sonia
The vocal politician is now calling for the Government and well wishers to come up structures where young girls with no place to live can be accommodated even as they await to be taken back to schools.
"I think the government need to do a lot in terms of law to protect girls by enacting tough laws
Sonia sentiments comes barely one week A 45-year-old man was sentenced to 140 years in prison by a Baricho Court after he pleaded guilty to defiling his two daughters in Ndia, Kirinyaga County.
