Children participants in the African Children Summit on Wednesday presented and handled over Kigali Declaration on Child Care and Protection Reform to policy makers in UN, AU, the Judiciary and the committee on the Rights and Welfare of African Child. The children hope that with the Declaration in hands of policy makers the challenges and […]
It is a collective responsibility of the society to ensure teen mothers are re-integrated into childhood the UN representative Prof. Philip Jaffe Vice Chair, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has said. He said this would ensure their childhood was not robbed from them as they would have the opportunity to interact with their […]
Chief justice Martha Koome has urged stakeholders and the public to protect the right of child participation emplacing it’s the adults responsibly to ensure it promoted. This she said can be accomplished by providing safe spaces for children to engage and deliberately ensuring they have been heard. In a speech read by Justice Teresiah Matheka […]
At least 700 children across Africa congregated in Nairobi Kenya on Monday for the Inaugural African Children Summit to participate and reinforce the importance of child participation. The attendance was both physical and online with participants being drawn from Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Africa, Nigeria and Sierra Leone among others. The purpose of the Summit is to […]
A family from Mukuru Kwa Ruben is crying for Justice after their seven years old son was left with life threatening injuries during anti-government protest on March the 20th. The family of Louise Musela claims he was hit by a teargas canister during the riots and for the past two weeks he has been confined […]
The Kenya Red Cross has joined search for the body of a 12 -year old girl, Ashly Atika, who was swept away by floods In Kangemi, Nairobi County two weeks ago. The family of the young girl is still keeping vigil at Warugu river bank waiting for the recovery of the body for burial. According […]
TikTok has been fined Ksh2.1bn by the UK’s data watchdog for breaching data protection law including by using the personal data of children aged under 13 without parental consent. Reports indicates that Tik tok allowed an estimated 1.4 million UK children under 13 years to access the app in 2020. The platform is accused of […]
Butere Boys’ High School in Kakamega County has been closed indefinitely following suspected cases of food poisoning. One hundred students have taken ill with vomiting and diarrhea symptoms. The students are admitted at Butere County Hospital Medical Five of the learners who were in critical condition are reported to have stabilised after receiving treatment. No details […]
Two teachers from Kaaga Boys High School in Meru County are being investigated by police following reports they seriously assaulted a form one student in his privates. In an incident that occurred in February, it was reported that the 14 year old was punished after some students complained that he did not served them their […]
At least seven students from Ngetmoi Girls secondary school, and their teacher, were yesterday involved in a road accident near the Tenges-Kabarnet highway, in Baringo Central. School principal Joyce Namasaka confirmed the incident saying the students were on board a Nissan Shuttle, alongside other passengers, when the accident happened some metres from the school. The students who are reported […]