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An investigative feature reveals the plight of unmarried pregnant women in Northern Kenya, banished from their homes by cultural stigma and forced to survive in destitute "Manyattas of Shame."

In the arid plains of Samburu and Turkana, a silent crisis is tearing families apart. A Nation investigation has uncovered the harrowing reality of "Ntabuo"—a cultural practice where unmarried women who get pregnant are banished from their villages, labeled as "cursed," and forced to live in destitution on the fringes of society.
The report profiles the "Manyatta of Shame" near Maralal, a makeshift settlement housing over 200 women and their children. Disowned by their fathers for reducing the family's dowry prospects and rejected by their lovers, these women survive by burning charcoal and begging.
"My father told me I had brought darkness to his boma," says 19-year-old Naisula, clutching her infant son. "He beat me until I fainted, then dragged me to the road. I have not seen my mother since."
The story shines a spotlight on the collision between ancient traditions and modern human rights, asking difficult questions about the value of a woman's life beyond her dowry.
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