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15-year-old girl confesses granny gave her lethal mix to abort

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A poison bottle. (Courtesy/iStock)

A 15-year-old girl shocked a Kakamega court when she confessed that she deliberately took a concoction prepared by her grandmother to procure an abortion.

Her grandmother, JI, wanted her to get rid of her unborn baby because it was as a result of incest, which is against the Luhya culture.

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