Child neglect, teen pregnancy incidence rise among pastoralists in Kenya’s Kajiado County
Neglect accounted for the highest number at 3,753 cases, where children have parents, but are denied basic needs. Abandonment followed with 162 cases of minors left without any guardian or caregiver. Other cases included 552 of custody disputes, 25 of child marriages, 19 of teenage pregnancy, 13 of sexual assault, five of child labour and four of female genital mutilation.
State adopts family-based childcare concept still alive in indigenous culture in western Kenya in national care reforms
Speaking in Kakamega County during a childcare campaign and training workshop for Trainer of Trainers (TOT), Assistant Director of Children’s Services Jane Munuhe said that, by shifting towards family and community care, the government is keen to ensure the child’s best interest is taken care of.
Mom in central Kenya jailed for 8 months for child neglect, feeding teenaged daughter on bhang
The teenaged girl not enrolled in school and had allegedly been introduced to substance abuse – cannabis sativa – by her mother. She fed on bhang when there was no food in the house. Authorities further noted that the girl was often forced to sleep on cold floors outside their squalid house, especially when her mother was entertaining lovers in their poorly maintained hovel.
