Report: 10-Year-Old Kenyan Girl Gives Birth in 2015

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Nyakundi Report

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A 10-year-old Kenyan girl, Gladys Chelagat, gave birth on June 27, 2015, reportedly becoming one of the youngest known mothers in the world.

According to the original account, Chelagat was impregnated by her 60-year-old caregiver. At the time, she was in standard three.

Doctors delivered Chelagat's baby, weighing 2.8kg, via cesarean section at Kericho District Hospital in Kenya.

As of the report, Chelagat's son was almost one year old, and the alleged father was 61 years old.

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