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About 5,000 to 6,000 women and girls die each year from pregnancy and childbirth complications.
Kenya's maternal mortality ratio remains among the highest in the region, according to health and legal experts, who warn gaps in care continue to cost women's and girls' lives.
Speaking during an interview on Spice FM on Friday, Medical Doctor Sally Muthoni, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Advocate Doris Kathia and human rights lawyer Nerima Were said the country's maternal death toll remains unacceptably high even as officials promise reform.
"Numbers don't lie. Mothers are dying, and no mother should die because pregnancy is not a sickness," said Muthoni.
