Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) show 8.5 percent of children, or 1.3 million, are engaged in child labour. The highest child labour rates, at more than 30 percent ...

NAIVASHA, KENYA:There are 1.9 million child labourers in Kenya. The number, according to the European Union, accounts for 17 percent of minors in the country with majority aged between 5-17 years.

Kenya is one of Africa’s most developed countries — it is also one of the most unequal. More than 43% of people in Kenya — many of them children — live in poverty. The current, devastating food crisis ...

The Kenyan child is still confronted with violence at family level, forced marriage, labour exploitation and female genital mutilation, civil society groups have told the UN. This, they said, hinders ...

The Ministry of Labour has rescued 133 children over the past eight months in suspected cases of child trafficking. Labour CS Alfred Mutua said the children were saved by officials from the ...