The KNBS report released on Tuesday reveals that Murang’a is leading among counties with multiple sexual partners, at 11 per cent.
Kericho county came second with 6.5 per cent followed by Busia at 6.2 per cent.
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A new survey has revealed that women from Murang'a County are more likely to have more than two sexual partner.
The Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) 2022 released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) on Tuesday, reveals that Murang’a is leading among counties with multiple sexual partners, at 11 per cent.
Kericho county came second with 6.5 per cent followed by Busia at 6.2 per cent.
Comparatively, men from Migori County recorded the highest with more than two sexual partners at at 28.7 per cent.
Elgeyo Marakwet followed at position two with 28.5 per cent while West Pokot came third at 27.2 per cent.
According to the survey, a higher proportion of men 15 per cent than women 4 per cent reported having two or more sexual partners in the 12 months prior to the survey.
The average number of sexual partners are 7.4 among men and 2.3 among women.
The sample for the 2022 KDHS was drawn from the Kenya Household Master Sample Frame (K-HMSF), which is the frame that KNBS currently operates to conduct household-based sample surveys in Kenya.
“Of those with more than one partner in the last 12 months, 24 per cent of women and 45 per cent of men reported using a condom during their last sexual intercourse,” the report says.
In the 12 months before the survey, 19 per cent of women had sex with a person who neither was their husband nor lived with them.
Some 37 per cent of these women reported using a condom during their last sexual intercourse with such a partner.
“Thirty-five per cent of men reported having sex in the last 12 months with a person who neither was their wife nor lived with them, and 68 per cent of these men reported using a condom during their last sexual intercourse with such a partner,” it added.
Divorcees and widowed Kenyans were found to be more likely to have more than two sexual partners.
Some 6.9 per cent of women who admitted to having more than two sexual partners in the last year were divorced, separated or widowed.
Others at 4.3 per cent had never been married and 2.2 per cent of those were married or living together with their partners.
As for men, the research found out that 26.7 per cent of the men who had more than two sexual partners in the past year are divorced, widowed or separated.
Those never married stood at 13.8 per cent while those married or living together with their spouses were 15 per cent.
Data collection for the 2022 KDHS was carried out from February 17 to July 13, 2022.