Day of the African Child marked as children on throes of rights abuses

A boy begs from motorists along Uhuru Highway, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Kenya stands today with other countries as Africa commemorates the Day of the African Child. This year’s theme - Humanitarian Action In Africa, Children’s Rights First, aims to highlight the impact that humanitarian crises have on children and their vulnerability.

Locally, children continue to face untold dangers, often from people familiar to them. Emerging threats to children include radicalisation among school going children who were are idle after majority of their teachers left for security concerns in North Eastern’s border towns.