Nairobi county has the largest number of child abuse reported cases, a report has shown. [PHOTO/nation.co.ke]
Nairobi county has the largest number of child abuse reported cases, a report has shown.
In the lsat 10 years, more than 33,929 cases of the vice have been reported as shown in the Child Protection Report (2006-2016) report.
13,878 of these are cases of child abandonment and neglect while 528 cases are for child trafficking, abduction and kidnapping.
Child labour cases were found to be 3,123.
There were 7,317 cases of physical abuse, 1,025 cases of emotional abuse and 7,832 of sexual abuse.
According to the study conducted by the Childline Kenya NGO, Nairobi is leading the charts with the highest reported cases of child abuse as the semi-arid regions were found to discover the least incidents.
According to Childline Kenya executive director George Kidenda, fathers led in sexual abuse of small girls while uncles followed closely.
“Age group 6-10 years seems to have been at the highest risk of being abused, followed by 11-15-year-olds,” he said.
“However, in other remote counties where abuse may be more rampant, cases go unreported and only occasionally surface in form of news reports after a major incident,” said Kidenda.
The report analysed reported cases between 2006 and 2016.