Kiambu County, with high incidence of street families in Kenya, developing child protection policy
Director of Gender and Social Services Mary Kilobi said the policy will provide a structured framework to address child welfare issues at the county level while complementing existing national frameworks.
At the rate of 10 new cases of abandonment per day Murang’a in central Kenya leads country in child neglect
The children’s officer cautioned parents against attempting to resolve defilement and other child abuse cases through informal or “kangaroo” justice systems, stressing that such action denies victims justice and protection.
Private children’s homes owners in Kenya appeal to state abandon plans to phase them out
According to the CEO of Baba Nyumbani Children’s Home Nicole Scott, the government has not put in place adequate structures and infrastructure to ensure that children currently living in orphanages continues to get support when private children homes are phased out.
Surge in child trafficking in Homa Bay, which borders Tanzania, alarms judiciary in Kenya
Children Justice Month is an initiative of the National Council on the Administration of Justice (NCAJ) that dedicates November to expediting cases involving children’s rights in all courts in Kenya.
Eldoret court in Kenya’s Rift Valley sentences driver to life in jail defiling minor
The accused committed the crime of defiling the girl on May 8, 2025, at Katuiyo village in Ainabkoi subcounty, Uasin Gishu County.
Magistrate in Rift Valley warns kangaroo courts lack capacity to hear children’s cases
Ms Adhiambo said while the court has been ensuring that children cases are heard and determined within six months, they want to ensure that all pending cases are done with during this month.
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.
