Ufasidi, a charity organisation based in Kagwe has raised concerns over the increased number of school drop outs due to teenage pregnancies and early marriages.
Speaking in Kagwe on Thursday, the organisation's Chief Executive Officer, Joyce Kimathi said a large number of girls in the county had dropped out of school due to teenage pregnancies.
"Parents, teachers and religious organisations are to blame for neglecting the girls who in turn engage in immoral sexual behaviours leading to pregnancies most of which end up in early marriages," said Kimathi.
The CEO said poverty and ignorance was to be blamed for the negligence, saying it was their mission to rescue and educate underage girls who were forcefully married off due to early pregnancies.
Kagwe Location Chief, Nicholas Waweru, issued a stern warning to those responsible for the pregnancies, saying they would be arrested and prosecuted as the behaviour posed serious threat to education in the area.
Waweru said sexual immorality among the girls was so rampant that some of them are not able to identify the culprits who are responsible for pregnancies.
John Mugo, a resident in Kagwe said the county government should step up its efforts in a bid to reverse the trend he termed as worrying.
“Rising cases of rape and defilement leading to early pregnancies are destroying the lives of our young girls. The culprits should be arrested and charged in court,” said Mugo.