There are few institutions that have evolved in Machakos county in the last two decades than motherhood.
This is evident from the increasing number of single mothers. Single motherhood has become popular in Machakos such that demographers believe that almost half of the children in this part of the nation stay with one parent before attaining the age of 18.
The implications of the seismic shift in the society has been a subject of great concern.
Children raised by both parents do better in different areas including education. A family raised by a mother faces more obstacles.
In fact, kids experience more problems when a new partner moves in.
These children have questionable behavior and most of them do not complete school because of various reasons.
A child raised by a single parent is often psychologically tortured. He or she keeps wondering what life would have been like had the parents been together.
However, this does not imply that children with parents who are married will necessarily become better off. The increasing population of single parents in this county requires a solution beyond marriage.
Despite both unmarried and married parents valuing the institution of marriage, this rate is alarming thus something has to be done.