By Mercy Musangi
Have you ever contrmplated the idea of pregnancy accountability and audit?
Chief Martin Ngomo
It is what an administrator is mulling over to contain rampant cases of disposal of fetuses in his turf in Athi River township in Machakos County..
Athi River township Assistant Chief Martin Ngomo believes, and rightly so, that whosoever becomes pregnant must in the end show the baby as proof of completion of the procreation process.
That way, there will be pregnancy accountability that may lead to an end to abortions and dumping of fetuses in the area.
Of course, the chief is alive to the law that disallows abortion in Kenya but may be oblivious of other circumstances that allow abortions.This is not to mention the global hot debate around the question of abortion that the Government of Kenya gives its back to.
Nevetheless Chief Ngomo has promised a physical audit in search of pregnant women in his locality and is so overzealous that he is extending a request to the residents to work in hand with the government to help in this search and record.
He urges well wishers to sensitize and enlighten expectant mothers on the need to attend clinics and give birth in hospitals and also join the campaign against abortion. "If you get expectant,you must give birth. Abortion is unlawful," he says
His appeal is uderlined by a stern warning to Athi River residents who conduct abortion leaving the the aborted babies on the open streets of Athiriver and sometimes tossing them into the river.
This warning came after a baby was found dumped in Njuguini village in the township sub location, next to the railway line
This is coming on the heels of several other cases reported in the previous days.
Though the chief refrained from sharing the actual numbers, his demeanour bespoke of huge figures that may ashame, if not betray, local and national officialdom that behave as if everything is normal.
"It's either you change or move out of from my jurisdiction," said Ngomo in reference to deadbeat dads who he feels are part of the reasons why these cases are highly increasing because they impregnate women and abandon them at the hour of need.
