Kiongozi wa madhehebu ya kidini nchini Kenya anayedaiwa kuwachochea wafuasi kufa kwa njaa anakabiliwa na mashtaka ya ziada ikiwemo ugaidi na ulanguzi wa watoto. Aliyejiita kasisi Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, ambaye alianzisha kanisa la Good News International Church mwaka wa 2003, alifikishwa mahakamani siku ya Jumanne. Nthenge anashtakiwa kwa kuchochea wafuasi kufa njaa ili “kumlaki Yesu”. […]
Category: Child Rights
Mapema Aprili mwaka wa 2023, mchungaji Paul Makenzi wa Good News International mjini Kilifi, alikamatwa na maafisa wa Kurugenzi ya Upelelezi wa Jinai kwa madai ya kuua na kuwazika watoto katika makaburi ya kina kirefu. Tangia hapo, wachunguzi wameweza kufukua miili iliyopita 110 hadi sasa, huku wengi wao wakiwa watoto. Isitoshe […]
One in five children worldwide are zero-dose or under-vaccinated leaving them vulnerable to a range of preventable diseases such as polio, measles and cholera according to a recent report by UNICEF. This was heighted by Covid19 pandemic which saw at least 67 million children missing out entirely or partially on routine immunization between 2019 and […]
At least nine teenagers were shot and injured on Sunday at an after-prom party in Jasper, Texas county authorities have said. The victims ranged in age from 15 to 19, according to KBMT-KJAC television news reported in a party where approximately 250 people had attended. According to Jasper County Sheriff’s Office none of the gunshot […]
Wadau wa elimu katika Kaunti ya Murang’a wamekutana ili kujadiliana kuhusu jinsi ya kupunguza Unyanyasaji wa Kijinsia (GBV) katika juhudi za kuimarisha ubora wa elimu. Wakati wa mkutano wa uhamasishaji uliofanyika Jumatatu katika Shule ya Msingi ya Teknolojia mjini Murang’a, Mkurugenzi wa Elimu kaunti ndogo ya Murang’a Mashariki Samuel Ruitha alisema kuwa watoto wameathiriwa na GBV […]
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 […]