However, her relationship with the man who got her pregnant started deteriorating.
"My relationship with the baby's father also started deteriorating. We were constantly fighting and disagreeing about almost everything. It was a very turbulent period for me."
She then gave birth to a baby girl named Natasha, who she wanted to give out for adoption but her late mother convinced her not to.
The ambitious woman she was, she left the child with her mother to continue with her studies in Nairobi.
"I was allowed to go back to college and sit for my final exams. After the exams, I went to stay with my aunt, while doing some hustle here and there."
Three months later, she got a message that she was needed home urgently. Little did she know that her daughter had passed away.
When she got home, she was welcomed by a large crowd outside her parent's house, leaving her with more questions than answers.
"Nikashangaa ni nini. Hisia zangu zikaniambia nikimbie ndani ya nyumba nione kunaendelea nini."
Upon entering the house, Dena found her baby lying on the bed with a smile on her face "Nilidhani amelala", said the teary Dena.
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