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Is 10 the new 18?

Looking at eight-year-old Peter Karari’s face, there is no denying that he is happy being a child. And why wouldn’t he be; he is about to turn eight and is in Class Two. For all he knows, he is under the care of his loving mother.

But unknown to him, in two years’ time, he will be strapped to a life-long burden; Karari will be ‘licensed’ to indulge in sex - cushioned by Kenyan law - and immune to parental consent.

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