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.
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.
Child labour: Deputy Chief Justice Mwilu says protection of children is societal responsibility, not just judiciary’s
Employment and Labour Relations Court Principal Judge Byram Ongaya echoed Mwilu’s sentiments, stressing that child labour directly contravenes the rights enshrined in Kenya’s Constitution, statutes, and international conventions.
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.
Child rights: Kenyan woman arraigned in court for beastly punishing daughter
The law in Article 25 of the Constitution provides that every child entitled to freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment as provided under Article 25 (a) of the Constitution.
Senegal’s ‘schools for husbands’ teaching ‘positive masculinity’ but men still wary of male doctors treating their wives
While maternal and infant deaths in Senegal have declined over the past decade, experts say it still has a long way to go. It recorded 237 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in 2023, while 21 new-borns out of every 1,000 died within their first month. The UN globally wants to reduce maternal deaths to 70 deaths per 100,000 live births and new-born deaths to under 12 per 1,000 by 2030.
