June 12, 2008

Day of African Child

The Day of African Child is coming the 16 of this June. It is encouraging to see that the government has launched a free toll number helpline 116 here in Kenya for children in distress. According to reports by the Child line Kenya and Department of Children Services cases of abused children is increasing.
In report by the Tuesday's Daily Nation June 10, 2008, cases of incesty are on the rise in the Nyandarua North district with at leats five reported cases of fathers who have defiled their daughters. Statistics in Nyandarua Law court show that hardly a fortnight passes without a case of defilement of rape involving blood relatives being filed with the police.

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