Abandoned Mothers Flock Commissioner's Office in Dar es Salaam

A large number of mothers who claim to have been deserted by the fathers of their children gathered at Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner's office, responding to Regional Commissioner Paul Makonda's invitation to register their concerns for legal assistance. Some 61 out of 480 women have named religious leaders and members of parliament as men who made them pregnant and then deserted them.

A huge turn up of deserted mothers in Dar es Salaam.

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