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An MP has raised concern over increased cases of teenage pregnancies in Kisii county, saying it was derailing the education of school girls and ruining their future.

Kisii County Woman Representative, Dorice Donya Aburi said 60 per cent of women who attend antenatal clinics at Kisii Teaching and Referral hospital are girls aged between 12 and 17, stressing the trend is worrying.

She challenged the girls to embrace moral values to curb the pregnancies and urged parents, guardians, chiefs, teachers and leaders to intervene to reverse the trend.

The MP was speaking at at Nduru Girls high school, South Mugirango constituency during the launching of anti- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) campaign graced by Gender Violence Recovery Centre Managing Director, Alberta Wambua.

She said more than 300 girls are being mentored at the school by professionals to curb gender-based violence, teenage pregnancies, drug abuse and leadership, adding, her office is partnering with Civil society organisations and the national government.