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Category : Gender based violence
Alarm as 6,000 Minors Abused in Central Kenya Daily Nation, Pg. 40
Thursday, 21 Apr 2011

Central provincial director of children’s services reports that more than 6,000 children were sexually abused and involved in child labour.

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Three Central Kids Defiled Weekly
Thursday, 21 Apr 2011

Central provincial director of children services George Kibuku says cases of child defilement continue to rise every month with Kirinyaga and Kiambu being the worst affected regions.

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Rigid Cultures Recipe for Abuse of Women’s Rights, Meeting Told The Standard, Pg. 12
Monday, 18 Apr 2011

Participants at a workshop convened by Centre for Human Rights and Democracy at Kilgoris say violation of human rights is rife among pastoralist communities due to the rigid nature of their cultures.

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Man Gets Life Sentence for Defiling Nine –Year-Old Reject Issue 038, Pg. 3
Saturday, 16 Apr 2011

A 50 year old man is handed a life sentence by a Githunguri court for violently defiling a nine year old girl, with the Director of aftercare at the International Justice Mission who are dealing with counseling and offering legal representation to the child thanking the community for quick respon

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Now FGM Goes Beyond the Borders The Standard, Pg. 18
Friday, 15 Apr 2011

Parents in the semi-arid border district, and Northern Kenya, parents are circumventing the ban on traditional female circumcision and are now sneaking their daughters to Ethiopia and Somalia for the cut. The Kenyan authorities are aware of the tricks but say their jurisdiction is confined within

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MP Tells of Her Five Days in Hell after Forced Cut Daily Nation, Pg. 34
Wednesday, 13 Apr 2011

Parliament unanimously passes the Bill outlawing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The Bill proposed by Mt Elgon MP Fred Kapondi seeks to provide a legislative framework for addressing the issue of female genital mutilation. Nominated MP Sophia Abdi Noor thanked her colleague for embracing the law

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House Hailed For Passing Bill on FGM The Standard, Pg. 5
Wednesday, 13 Apr 2011

Parliament unanimously passes the Bill outlawing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The Bill proposed by Mt Elgon MP Fred Kapondi seeks to provide a legislative framework for addressing the issue of female genital mutilation. Nominated MP Sophia Abdi Noor thanked her colleague for embracing the law

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Wanaume Motoni Kwa Kuhatarisha Wake Zao Taifa Leo, Pg.2
Wednesday, 06 Apr 2011

Wanawake waliokwepa kisu cha ngariba wakiwa wasichana sasa wanakeketwa wakiwa kwa waume zao. Tabia hii hasa imezidi katika eneo la Bomet. Mheshimiwa  Beatrice Kones ambaye ni mbuge wa eneo hilo , asisitiza kwamba tohara ya wanawake ni utamaduni uliopitwa na wakati na akawasihi wanaume wajiep

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