{Parents from Kayonza district are worried over the rate at which underage girls are getting impregnated before completing their studies despite the hardships parents go through to meet their school fees.}
Some of the parents from Mukarange sector told IGIHE that they sometimes sell parts of their lands, cows and other domestic animals to be able to pay secondary schools fees.
They say many girls between 16 and 20 years in Mukarange sector have got premature pregnancies while in school.
Gakwaya Alphone, one of the parents, says the circumstances under which his daughter causes him a lot of grief.
“I sold a cow when my daughter was studying in first year, or else she could not continue. When she got promoted to senior two, we sold all the produce to cover school fees. Instead of concentrating on her studies, she was impregnated in the second term. It pains,” he said.
Kamashara Annette also attests how her daughter was impregnated when she was in senior three.
“My daughter was impregnated after completing senor three. She sat for and passed the O level exams when she was pregnant. I was nearly cried when I remembered the land I so sold to cover school fees,” she laments.
Talking to IGIHE, the executive secretary of Mukarange sector, Murekezi Claude said they are going to investigate the cases and take action.
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