This archive report was first published on 8 November 2019.
NRG radio presenter Mwalimu Rachel has found herself at the center of a controversy after sharing her thoughts on family planning on social media.
According to her post, Rachel opted to renew her five-year birth control implant after it expired, citing the need for women to take control of their lives and bodies.
She emphasized that women should have the freedom to choose when they want to have children, without being dictated by societal expectations.
“I seem to have caused a stir on Twitter over my post about renewing my 5-year birth control implant (Jadelle been working for me I don’t know about other ladies here). Some say the implant is a ticket to sleeping around dry fry but its freedom for a woman to choose when she wants to have kids. A choice that women in some parts of Kenya and the world DO NOT GET TO HAVE because their job is to constantly be pregnant which is sad man,” she wrote.
Her post attracted a range of reactions from Kenyans on social media, with some accusing her of promoting promiscuity and others defending her right to make her own choices.
