Disabled women face stigma in maternity wards and sexual health clinics

Gender activist Lucy Mulombi at her Bunuku village,  Malava in Kakamega county on July 26, 2021. PHOTO | ISAAC WALE | NMG

Twenty years ago, Margaret Khaoya’s life changed overnight. Then 22 and physically disabled, her family found out that she was pregnant.

“It started with threats. My stepmother told me that if I gave birth, she’d throw my children into a river. Then one day my father took me to a hospital in Kakamega and left for Nairobi, never to return,” she says.

PAYE Tax Calculator

Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.